This faceted rose quartz briolette weighs 18.29 carats. Its pastel color is a lovely example of the soft pink this gem is known for. - Robert Weldon, courtesy The Greenwood Group The soft translucence ...

Quartz crystals were valued by the ancient Egyptians as talismans with powers to prevent aging. - Bob Kammerling Rose quartz beads dating back to 7000 BC have been found in the area once known as ...

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The pumpkins kindly donated to us by Tesco Extra were put to good use this week. Our residents and staff at Studley Rose got into the Halloween spirit with an exciting pumpkin carving session! The ...

Every year the fiendishly clever folks at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California hold their annual pumpkin carving contest where brilliant brains concoct all manner of strange and ...

The December sales of Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips in New York are treasure troves of one-of-a-kind jewels. This season ...

Quartz is a richly featured, open source job scheduling library that can be integrated within virtually any Java application - from the smallest stand-alone application to the largest e-commerce ...

Fruit Carving Art : Fruits are beautiful in their own right, but when their carved or simply arranged in a different way, they look exquisite. Carving fruit is a wonderful talent. Very often we come ...