CARTHAGE, Texas — 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 that in 2016, he found an unusual black ...

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Entombed with the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt as prized possessions on their journey to the afterlife, garnets have been coveted by nobility and commoners alike for millennia. The most common forms of ...

APPRAISER: Well, to start off, the stones are not emeralds, which most people think they are. They are what you call demantoids, which is a green garnet. The demantoid has a wonderful history to it.

Appraisal: Tiffany & Co. Demantoid Garnet Watch with Fob, ca. 1890, from Boston Hour 1.

9/33 Hancocks London Antique diamond and demantoid garnet frog brooch/pendant in silver on gold £65,000 hancocks-london.com 10/33 Briony Raymond Purple-pink garnet & diamond sloan ring in 18k yellow ...

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 ...