Diamonds and emeralds might dominate the limelight, but there exists a world of gemstones so rare and valuable that they are the stuff of legends. What exactly makes a gemstone rare and valuable? It's ...

Society’s love for exquisite, rare, and luminous pearls and gemstones has persisted since the beginning of civilization. Whether referencing diamonds, pearls, sapphires, or emeralds, humans have ...

Walking into a jewelry store usually means seeing the same lineup of diamonds, gold, and maybe some sapphires if you’re lucky. Precious metals and classic gemstones have dominated the market for ...

At the center of this story stands The Rare Gemstone Company, a Nairobi-based firm that has spent five decades transforming raw stones from East Africa’s earth into heirloom treasures—while pioneering ...

As Nigeria attracts a groundbreaking $400 million Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to establish Africa’s largest rare earth and critical minerals plant in Nasarawa State, attention is once again ...

Imagine this, a young gemologist frowned as she inspected a ruby. “Without documentation, this could be from anywhere,” she sighed, articulating a frustration that haunts the global gemstone market: ...

CARTHAGE — A Carthage man may have unearthed one of the rarest gemstones in the world — not in a mine, but in his own front yard. Robert Lewis Jr. says that in 2016, he found an unusual black rock ...