What do Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Theresa and President Barack Obama all have in common? They’re all Nobel Prize recipients. But what is a medal from one of these world-changing individuals really worth? Well, a lot more than its weight in gold. The medals are made of an 18-carat, green-colored gold core,… Read more »

How old do you think the average diamond is? One thousand years? One million, maybe? Try one to three billion years old. Diamond formation is not a fast or simple process. In addition to time, it also takes incredible heat, massive pressure, and carbon to produce diamonds. The rare conditions necessary to produce diamonds are… Read more »

When the California Gold Rush began to subside in the mid-1850s, miners started moving east. Spanish legends of rivers rich with gold in the area surrounding what is now Arizona led many miners to the region. But with little to go on besides legends, and a harsh and unforgiving landscape to explore, the miners were… Read more »

While on vacation in an ancient seaside resort town called Sozòpol, on the southern Black Sea coast in Bulgaria, a man went for a dive in the sea. As he swam in the shallow waters, something glittering on the sea floor caught his eye. The amateur diver swam down to investigate. There he found a… Read more »

Legends all over the world cast coins not only as forms of currency, but as good luck charms as well. There are coins that supposedly make you lucky and rich, and ward off disease and bad luck. If you love coins, and are looking for a little luck, you may want to pick up one… Read more »