The beautiful optical properties of the gemstone opal are the result of tiny amounts of uranium present when the stones were formed, say researchers in Australia. They claim that their work could lead ...

What is millions of years old and is trapped inside of a rare gem? Not sure? We aren't either. But that's exactly the question a local gem dealer is trying to answer after discovering an unidentified ...

Santa Fe jewelry designer and Australian native Katherine Jetter has seen a lot of opals in her career. But when she saw "The Royal One," she actually cried."It made me cry when I saw it and I think ...

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