Deloris Lindsay, owner of the Lindsay Ranch, in Mason, remembers the days when rock hounds wandered her family’s Hill Country property. They would show up, week after week, hoping to dig up specimens ...

Zunair Shafiq has been writing and gaming since he was a kid and now spends most of his time combining the two. He wants to play every game, good or bad, but has a soft corner for Simulation and ...

What makes the Whitney Flame topaz such an astonishing acquisition is its homogeneous fiery-red. “We recognized right away that this is something different than we’d ever seen,” says Smithsonian gems ...

Have you ever wondered if white topaz could pass for a diamond? Sparkling like stars, diamonds have a special beauty. But wait, there’s white topaz, too, shining bright. Think of a sunny afternoon, ...