The 'Muscadines of Oglethorpe have a prominent place in the Tellus Science Museum. A cluster of nearly 250 amethyst crystals dug from deep in the soil of Oglethorpe County is a centerpiece for the ...

Amethyst crystals from Wilkes County, Georgia. It’s unlikely you’ve run afoul of Marvin Culver, who retired last year from the trooper force of the Oklahoma State Police. Around his hometown of Nowata ...

Victoria Beckham carries one in her purse. Wellness guru Taryn Toomey has them under the floorboards of her Tribeca fitness studio. Interior designers are using them to layer, accent, and infuse ...

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Moonstones in Montana, amethyst and emeralds in North Carolina, garnet and quartz in upstate New York. At pay-to-dig mines around the United States, visitors can paw through piles of mine tailings to ...