The Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, set to open Dec. 12, was founded by Larry Stifler and Mary McFadden, a Massachusetts couple who began coming to western Maine in the 1970s, became enamored of the ...

From turquoise mined by indigenous people in Arizona to rocks found on asteroids within the solar system, minerals tell a story. With its expanded space and upgraded collection, the University of ...

In 2020, Danish antiquities dealer Dr Ittai Gradel began to suspect an eBay seller he had been buying from was a thief who was stealing from the British Museum. More than two years later, the museum ...

The recently recovered Roman objects previously languished in storage, making them vulnerable to theft. Bought by Dr. Ittai Gradel on eBay and returned to the British Museum: Intaglio with profile ...

TUCSON, Arizona (Arizona Daily Star) — Tucson’s new gem and mineral museum will be ready to sparkle just as soon as it is safe for people to come see it. Staff members are now placing rare rocks and ...

If you’re asking when the Grand Egyptian Museum will have its grand opening, you are asking the wrong question. On a recent visit to Egypt, my family toured the stunning GEM, as this jewel is rightly ...

Tucson’s new gem and mineral museum will be ready to sparkle just as soon as it is safe for people to come see it. Staff members are now placing rare rocks and finished jewelry inside the display ...