A GRRRRAAAIILL?!  We end a week of shiny things with the Holy Grail of all rocks. No, seriously; before the Holy Grail was ever consid...

If you were ever a kid -and you were, admit it- you have seen 'rainbow' lollipops, popsicles, and other forms of tooth rot layered w...

In Jurassic Park , many a giant thunderlizard was brought back from the stony grave using ancient dinosaur blood. The idea was that mosq...

Less spectacular than peacock ore but slightly more interesting is a metallic stone called hematite. Chances are that you have s...

I wanna see your... It finally happened: I found a pop song that disgusted me to the core of my very being. Katy Perry was tolerable befo...

Speaking of precious, colorless shiny things... Diamonds and pearls are often placed alongside each other even though they are hardly re...

We start the week of shiny things with the biggest, fanciest, hardest shiny thing known to man: DIAMONDS! Good diamonds are worth a for...

Every day, I make it my personal mission to show you all something stunning. Sometimes it's a plant; sometimes it's an animal; somet...