Tying the precious stone to dispensable miners is ... Chunks of ­jadeite—as opposed to the more common nephrite, which is considered an inferior jade—resemble mud-­colored eggs.

With its sumptuous artefacts, the V&A’s delightful show is a rare example these days of an exhibition that revels in ...

Te Wahipounamu, the place of jade. Since 1990 this southwestern ... is complicated by the fact that there are many green stones that are not greenstone, or nephrite, as geologists call it.

Art, Architecture and Opulence, the first major exhibition to present the monumental artistic achievements of the ‘Golden Age ...

However, one can be creative with the tool and it also depends on your preference. W*: Are there different benefits for each stone type (jade, rose quartz, nephrite, etc)? SMH: I know for marketing ...

Kidney stones are hard objects made from chemicals in your pee. They may be as tiny as a grain of salt or as big as a corn kernel. The stones can be brown or yellow, smooth or rough. They're a ...

A gua sha stone—also sometimes referred to as a jade scraper—is a little flat pebble of jade that can chisel out cheekbones you didn’t even know existed, de-puff hangover eye bags, and crank up the ...

In the sandy dirt of Inner Mongolia sat a circular tomb from a long-gone culture. For 5,000 years, the tomb hid a large stone dragon — but not anymore. Archaeologists spent four months ...

You’ve probably heard of painful kidney stones. Find out where else “stones” can appear in your body, and how to tell. Sudden, intense pain is the hallmark of a kidney stone. See pictures of ...

By Gary Graff On July 12, 1962, The Rolling (then Rollin’) Stones played their first show at the famed Marquee Club in London. By the fall of 1963 they were on the road in Europe, on the low end ...

The Rolling Stones began calling themselves the "World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band" in the late Sixties. Few disputed the claim then, and few would dispute it now. The “bad boy” counterparts ...