Since at least December 2017, a photograph of an impressively tall geode has bounced around the blogophere, almost always credited to a company called Nowar Minerals Inc. and accompanied by the ...

BOISE, Idaho — Join the Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology this Sunday, June 23 for a geode cracking event, announced a press release. As described in the news release, a geode is "a rock with a ...

On a visit to Tucson, relatives took me to a gem and mineral show where we saw a collection of geodes. Ordinary on the outside; beautiful on the inside. Will you please tell us how they are formed and ...

Crack open an unassuming stone, and you might just uncover a little conclave of crystals within. Their walls are glittering with quartz, amethyst, or calcite, protected by a hard shell that was shaped ...

Göttingen University researcher Fiorella Arduin Rode working in open pit mine of the study area, Los Catalanes mining district, northern Uruguay. Along with Ametista do Sul in southern Brazil, these ...

Outdoors Reporter Sara Karnes is visiting trails and conservation areas to photograph the sights and write about her adventures. Look for her articles online and in print. Lewis County, Mo. — This ...