Residents have a saying in Spruce Pine, that a piece of their home is in tech across the globe. But could geopolitical ...

The small stones used to create these paintings come in a variety of colors: red ruby, garnet, and spinel; blue sapphire; green peridot, pargasite, or chalcedony; purple fluorite or amethyst; and pink ...

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