Visitors to the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art can view “The Artful Soul of Faust,” 14 large scale agate cameos created by German father-and-son carvers Hans Dieter Roth and Andreas Roth, Oct. 17-Jan ...

Giant agates found in an island on Panama’s Pacific coast prompted a study on how the Isthmus evolved and became a bridge between two continents Vanessa Crooks Sea conditions in the Pearl Islands can ...

In a full day's search on the last day of March, Mike Jacobs of Monticello and I found 121 agates. That seemed a lot to an amateur like me, whose agate hunting has been largely confined to looking ...

It takes a trained and disciplined eye to find some of nature's hidden treasures. After more than 50 years' experience, mine is pretty good at finding morel mushrooms, which have a knack for ...

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 ...

SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. -- For Lyndon Johnson, treasures can be found anywhere -- one just has to train his or her eye. "I know when to look and where, and where to look when," Johnson said with a smile.

GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — Among the many pastimes popular in Minnesota is agate hunting -- scanning the shores of Lake Superior for the official state gemstone. Relatively easy to find in the summer when ...

The Oregon coast is known for all kinds of natural beauty. Seashells, however, are not one of them. But that doesn’t stop crowds from coming to the coast to search the sand for that one special ...

Along with the ancient volcanic gems they seek, Oregon’s agate-hunters can be spotted year-round across the state’s shores and watersheds. “Only look right in front of you,” Seana Sutton said, her ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Agate, chalcedony formed from layers of quartz and often treacle-brown, has long been associated with 1970s ...