A team of archaeologists has discovered a rare rock used to make tools in the Stone Age. The "polishing boulder", found in the Valley of the Stones near Dorchester, would have been used to make ...
There's a mineral so rare that only one specimen of it has ever been found in the entire world. It's called kyawthuite ( cha-too-ite ), a tiny, tawny-hued grain weighing just a third of a gram (1.61 ...
Tanzanite is only found in northern Tanzania and is used to make ornaments. It is one of the rarest gemstones on Earth, and one local geologist estimates its supply may be entirely depleted within ...