The mummified remains of a man buried close to a turquoise mine in Chile's Atacama Desert suggest he was a miner who died in ...

New forensic analysis of a mummified man discovered in Chile’s Atacama Desert has revealed that the individual seemingly died ...

To possess the sacred turquoise of the Sinai was to hold a piece of the heavens—a stone of life, death, and divine protection, mined for the tombs of pharaohs like Tutankhamun. But its source was a ...

It may not be a topic you'd think of as reality television fodder, but when you consider that millions of dollars could be at stake in the world of turquoise mining, digging for stones suddenly seems ...

Knowing the mystical qualities of turquoise -- Learning the international history of turquoise -- Studying geology & mineralogy of turquoise -- Mining turquoise -- Cutting turquoise : lapidary work -- ...