In and around Mount Ida, the identity of the official Arkansas State Mineral can be guessed just by looking around. In fact (pun alert!), the laureate is crystal-clear from billboards and other signs.

(CNN) — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have for the first time detected tiny quartz crystals containing silica - a common mineral on Earth - within the atmosphere of a blazing hot ...

When I thought of quartz crystal in Arkansas — if I thought of quartz crystal in Arkansas — I thought of the rock shops that used to line the highway into Hot Springs, the ones with the big blue glass ...

If you’re feeling dreary — and it’s been a dreary time, hasn’t it? — my advice is to think about crystals. Unfathomably large crystals, if possible. Big news from the crystal beat: A 7-foot-tall, ...

NORTH ADAMS — Enter Larry Michon's accounting office and it immediately becomes clear what he does on the weekends. Crystal clear. Garnets, amethyst, fluorite and quartz are a few of the minerals that ...

MOUNT IDA — In and around Mount Ida, the identity of the official Arkansas State Mineral can be guessed just by looking around. In fact (pun alert!), the laureate is crystal-clear from billboards and ...