An article in this month's Smithsonian celebrates the opening of the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals at the National Museum of Natural History, a striking new setting for ...

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And the fully renovated Janet Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals will reopen in the National Museum of Natural History in December. Smithsonian magazine will publish a special 150th ...

Only one in ten thousand diamonds has a noticeable fancy color outside of the subtle color range normally associated with ...

Precious stones gifted to the museum by Ronald Winston, son of distinguished jeweler and gem collector Harry Winston.

Covering the equivalent of 18 football fields, the Smithsonian National Museum ... It's in the Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals that's full of colorful specimens and experiences like exploring ...

A team of scientists from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), collaborating with their colleagues from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Mineral Sciences and ...