Luxury jewelry has held special value throughout history, especially when crafted with natural gemstones. Among the multitudes of Earth's treasures, we find Moss Agate. Its mesmerizing green ...

Prayers beads hang waiting to be sold as Shia Muslim pilgrims arrive to take part in a religious ritual in the shrine city of Karbala, southwest of Iraq's capital Baghdad, on Jan. 2. Agate-based ...

Mineral deposits can create markings that look like forests or mountains, and experts say each stone is distinctive. By Jill Newman When Tarun Adlakha displays a dendritic agate, with its finely ...

Marty Schaerer has been rocking and rolling for years. She’s also been cutting, sanding, polishing, setting, and searching for years. That’s because Schaerer makes one-of-a-kind jewelry out of agate ...

Designers say local materials reduce their environmental impact and are aesthetically pleasing, too. By Rachel Garrahan Gray-white billows swirl across the surface of an agate ring in Sian Evans’s new ...