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GOLD COAST, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The world’s largest online auction website for natural Opals and Gemstones has announced two new auction formats. The ‘Auctioneers Pick’ which runs every ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD -- Among the assorted rocks and minerals in the Better Living Center on Saturday, there were some real gems. Like the sapphires at Geni Gem, or the rubies at Nature Gems, or opals at ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase is back in town to bring some of the rarest gem, jewelry and mineral specimens on Earth. Running all the way from Saturday, Jan. 28 ...

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The 68th annual Tucson Gem & Mineral Show took place at the Tucson Convention Center from Feb. 9-12, which is the second consecutive show since the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the theme was “SILICA: ...

Competition is hot on the local Thai restaurant scene, so standing out among the crowd is no easy feat. Thai Opal, tucked away in the Skillman Abrams Crossing shopping center, near Northwest Highway ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes, one of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, may have been ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A gemstone, billed as one of the largest gem-quality opals in existence, was sold for $143,750 at auction in Alaska on Sunday. The opal, dubbed the “Americus Australis,” weighs more ...