HIDDENITE, N.C. -- Jamie Hill, excavator of the noted Carolina Queen and Carolina Prince emeralds, finally may have found what he's sought since he dug up his first quartz crystal at age 6. Last week, ...

The name emerald is derived from the Greek word smaragdus for “green,” which is apropos, considering the gem’s verdant hue is one of its most striking features. Referred to as the “jewel of the kings, ...

Feb. 5 -- Jamie Hill's friends thought that he was nuts the first time he went into debt searching for emeralds in North Carolina, but he's proven them wrong — again. Hill made headlines when he found ...

Hebe “Emerald Gem” caught the eye of Great Plant Pick judges over the course of a three-year hebe evaluation at North Willamette Research and Extension Center, Oregon. It stood out because of its ...

RALEIGH, N.C. – An emerald so large it's being compared with the crown jewels of Russian empress Catherine the Great was pulled from a pit near corn rows at a North Carolina farm. The nearly 65-carat ...

After being moored for a quarter-century on Tacoma’s Blair Waterway, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians’ iconic former riverboat casino, the Emerald Queen, was tugged to Seattle on Thursday following a ...