Back in the day people were more relaxed about moving precious stones around the world. Consider, for example, the low-key arrangements for the famous Jonker diamond, which was shipped by ordinary ...

A Purple Star Sapphire weighing 3,563 carats which is claimed to be the world’s biggest of its kind was unveiled on Saturday in the Sri Lankan capital by the ...

An extremely rare engraved Roman gemstone has been discovered underwater by researchers near Venice in northern Italy. Researchers at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice found the ancient piece of ...

While you may have heard of precious gems like diamonds and sapphires, did you know that Nigeria is home to some unique and rare gemstones that can't be found anywhere else in the world? Benitoite is ...

(CNN) — Aaron Celestian isn’t a big fan of “Ocean’s 8.” “I have a hard time watching those movies because they’re always robbing museums,” he said with a laugh, standing amid a vault filled with some ...

Deep beneath Earth's surface and scattered across remote corners of our planet lie treasures so extraordinary that their very ...

An archaeological expedition from Sweden's University of Gothenburg has uncovered tombs rich in artifacts and antiquities in Cyprus that makes the discovery among the richest ever found in the ...