WAUSAU – Jenny Damrow was in her early 20s and already an accomplished rock collector, jewelry maker and businesswoman when she began to organize central Wisconsin's Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show and ...

Do you know a child who finds endless wonder in nature and expresses that wonder by collecting EVERYTHING, from shells to sticks to rocks? Exploring and collecting are signs of intellectual curiosity.

The William & Mary Department of Geology has acquired a world-class mineral collection that geologists say will be a valuable resource in the department for many years. Professor Brent Owens of the ...

Visitors to the American Museum of Natural History may be attracted by glitter, but scientists see more in the unusual stone. By David Belcher Few of the visitors who marvel at the Okavango Blue ...