Gov. Bobby Jindal has blessed a plan to create a new state gemstone, the cabochon cut gemstone derived from a special Louisiana-grown oyster -- the Crassostrea virginica mollusk. View full sizeDavid ...

Sisters Jessica Sander and Jen Majkrzak look for agates in a Carlton County gravel pit. Their dad was an avid agate collector whose home is filled with vases, and even a lamp, of agates. He took ...

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THIS exquisite image captures the astonishing internal structure of crazy lace agate, also known as Mexican agate. This section of the mineral is some 65 million years old. Agate is related to quartz ...

WHITTIER — Clarence Pool has been an avid rock hunter for more than half a century — and it shows. Nearly every inch of his 1 1/2-acre Pico Rivera property is covered with buckets of agates, huge ...

TEMPO.CO, Denpasar - An exhibition of gems and agate, also known as agate les Moringa, which is being held to enliven the 8th Denpasar Festival, has attracted several visitors to the annual event.

Tom Woodden likes to compare hunting for Fairburn agates to trout fishing. “It’s like reeling in that big one,” said Woodden, who is known to have one of the world’s largest Fairburn agate collections ...

Agate countertops are a stunning and luxurious addition to any kitchen. The semi-precious stone is known for its ring-patterned beauty, and you can even add backlighting to counters to make their ...