Learn about the three birthstones associated with June - what they mean, how to wear them, and how to care for them.

Just as many-faceted as the birthstones themselves, though, are the origins of their names. A great many of them came into ...

Once dismissed as ugly ducklings, flawed and unusual stones are increasingly being championed by high-end jewelers.

The lapis-lazuli deposits at Sar-e-Sang in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, have provided the raw material for objects fashioned of this stone since the earliest civilizations. The mine, which lies in the ...