The Magic of Color
Our world is brought to life by the colors we see. Nature provides an amazing array of colors, whether we’re looking at red and yellow leaves falling, a brilliant pink sunset, the ocean’s deep blue water or a lush green field dotted with purple wildflowers. And we use colors for more than painting pretty pictures or choosing the best outfit. …
Cave of the Crystals of Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
Imagine you’re a miner looking for new ore deposits deep beneath a hillside cave. You hold up your lantern, and to your surprise and astonishment, giant milky-white crystals emerge from the darkness, filling the horseshoe-shaped cave. What luck! These immense luminous crystals are larger than telephone poles. They dwarf the amazed miners and shine in all directions from the brown …
The Beautiful and Mysterious Fukang Meteorite
In 2000, a hiker stopped to have his lunch on a rock in the mountains near Fukang, China. He noticed that the rock had a metallic shimmer and crystals in it, so he broke a few pieces off, and curious to see what kind of rock it was and where it came from, sent the pieces to the United States …