Jaka Gems

Whether you are fascinated by the science behind rocks and minerals, or simply love the look of the vast array of colours, patterns and int...

This piece is a specimen of Barite Crystals and came from the  Meikle Mine, Bootstrap, Elko County, Nevada, USA. I purchased this piece a nu...

The 2015 GEMBOREE ®, Australia’s annual national gem and mineral show, is set to return to the Wimmera Events Centre at Dooen, near Horsham...

This post is the second in a series of explaining terms used in the lapidary world (the first being around the Mohs Hardness Scale ). I thou...

Marble Bar Jasper is a form of very fine grained silica found just outside the small outback town of Marble Bar, the town taking its name f...