Born in Leeds, Joe finished his Spanish degree in 2018 before becoming an English teacher to football (soccer) players and managers, as well as collaborating with various football media outlets in ...

Long before they’re polished and set in gold, the world’s greatest gems sleep beneath mountains, rivers, and deserts. Their origins are as captivating as their glow: volcanic depths, ocean floors, and ...

They may not be as “precious” as diamonds or emeralds, but these scarce gems are just as valuable—if not more so. Tanzanite is a beautiful blue variety of the mineral zoisite and found only in a small ...

Tsavorite garnet is among the world's rarest colored gemstones, found exclusively in a narrow geological belt spanning parts of Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa. The mineral's scarcity becomes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Jun 26, 2025, 02:26pm EDT Jun 27, 2025, 05:34am EDT A medieval ...

Nigeria is making headlines with a groundbreaking $400 million Foreign Direct Investment aimed at establishing Africa’s largest rare earth and critical minerals processing plant in Nasarawa State.

Antony Zagoritis, CEO of The Rare Gemstone Company, shares how the firm is redefining luxury through ethically sourced gemstones, blockchain transparency, and custom design technology, while ...

A Carthage man may have unearthed one of the rarest gemstones in the world — not in a mine, but in his own front yard. Robert Lewis Jr. says he found an unusual black rock just steps from his home ...

Across the hills of Kenya and Tanzania, two gemstones capture the continent’s natural brilliance and enduring mystique: Tanzanite and Tsavorite. Both discovered within a few years of each other in the ...