Harold Van Pelt is known worldwide for taking illuminating photographs of gems and minerals. However, he’s not as well known for the delicate carvings he makes out of the precious rock. It’s a hobby ...

Elmhurst resident Joseph Lizzadro’s dream of a museum devoted to the glories of gem carvings came true in November 1962, when the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art opened its doors in the city’s Wilder ...

Gem carving is a craft that takes most people decades to perfect. Somehow, Naomi Sarna has become a world-class gem carver in about five years. Her carvings and jewelry made from her gems and pearls ...

The Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art in Oak Brook has been displaying stone and gem works of art and teaching about the intricacies of engraving, cutting and polishing rocks and minerals for 60 years.

Nephrite jade sculpture carving .It took nearly two years to finish. I consider this to be probably the most beautiful, unique and daring design for a Medusa ever created. As you know Jade is a very ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — Thanks to a gem carving that’s truly a cut above the rest, a Hillsboro-area museum is now home to a Guinness World Record. On Saturday, March 9, the Rice Northwest ...

An exhibition of Mohammad Negini’s gem stone carving was opened in the building No. 1 of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) in Tehran on Sunday. The event ...

More meteorites than ever before, more international vendors with one-of-a-kind specimens from Pakistan and India, an in-depth look into caves, and the unique collection of Herb and Monika Obodda with ...