The colors of rubies and emeralds are so striking that they define shades of red and green—ruby red and emerald green. But have you ever wondered how they get those colors?

Fifteen years later, Zzyzx, now the general manager at the wholesale crystal dealer B2B Minerals, has started to see shades of gray in the world of fake crystals. After all, not everyone who sells ...

Researchers have solved a mystery that has confounded scientists for 80 years: the crystal structure of the ...

(Unlike biological species, each mineral species is defined by its characteristic chemical makeup and crystal structure.) “It’s a different way of looking at minerals from more traditional ...

Researchers have developed a new series of inorganic pigments in vivid shades of red, yellow and orange have been made by modifying the structure of a rare Norwegian mineral. The pigments are durable, ...

Deep in Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists studied a green crystal called atacamite—and discovered it can cool itself dramatically when placed in a magnetic field. Unlike a regular fridge, this effect ...

Snapshots taken at roughly 400,000x zoom reveal mineral crystals and proteins organize into twisting, helical shapes. ... [The structure] should enhance bone toughness and strength. ...