ASADABAD, Afghanistan -- Illegal mining of precious stones in an eastern Afghan province is depriving its impoverished residents of resources and their country of much-needed revenue. Residents of ...

Gemstones, including rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, can be sold for cash, much the same as diamonds and other jewelry. However, more often than not, those stones have very little resale value, ...

Francesca Cartier Brickell’s book on Cartier talks up semi-precious stones, as do Victoria Lampley Berens of jewellery consultancy The Stax and Sophie Howard, founder of By Pariah By Pariah’s ...

Here are five gemstones rich women love to buy, and the deeper reasons behind their loyal obsession with each one.

A listing in the Guinness Book of World Records was followed by a years-long battle over ownership of the Ophir Collection. It’s possible there’s a curse attached to the Ophir Collection, a trove of ...

People wear gemstones for many reasons. For many, they hold special meanings — from devotion, and trust, to commitment. It is considered extremely romantic to receive or gift someone a precious stone ...

For Donna Ware and Jeff Self of Indian Hills, Colo., a good day's work means coming home with gold, silver or gemstones like Topaz and Aquamarine. But Ware and Self aren't visiting a jewelry store: ...