Published on Dec. 18, 2024, 4:54 p.m.

Gold. For millennia, it has been the stuff of legends, the currency of empires, and the ultimate symbol of enduring beauty. Whe…

Published on Dec. 18, 2024, 4:49 p.m.

What is the story of a diamond? For centuries, it was a tale written by geology and time, of immense pressure deep within the E…

Published on Dec. 18, 2024, 4:43 p.m.

Before it was a symbol, it was stardust. The gold that rests against our skin was born not in the earth, but in the cataclysmic…

Published on Dec. 18, 2024, 4:37 p.m.

Suspended in a delicate cradle of precious metal, a single drop of deepest blue captures the light. To the eye, it is an object…

Published on Dec. 18, 2024, 4:32 p.m.

Gold does not merely reflect light; it reflects our history. For millennia, its warm, incorruptible glow has symbolized power, …

Published on Dec. 18, 2024, 4:16 p.m.

It began in the scorched, silent expanse of the Arizona desert. The year was 1893, and inside the vast, ancient scar of Canyon …

Published on Dec. 18, 2024, 2:44 p.m.

It was the 1978 U.S. Open, and a tense match was underway. In the middle of a rally, tennis star Chris Evert suddenly stopped, …

Published on Dec. 18, 2024, 2:31 p.m.

For millennia, we have looked to the depths of the Earth for our most cherished symbols of permanence. We imagined diamonds as …

Published on Dec. 18, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

Every atom of gold on Earth, including the one resting against your skin, was forged in the heart of a cataclysmic cosmic event…

Published on Dec. 18, 2024, 1:59 p.m.

Every carbon atom in our bodies, in the graphite of a pencil, and in the heart of the most brilliant diamond was forged in the …