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Category: Rock and Stone
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Exploring the Burren, Ireland’s Vast Rocky Region
Though it looks forbidding, the Burren, where you can walk for hours among the rocks and valleys with only your thoughts for company, can be fertile ground for creativity.
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Into the Sands of Time: Exploring Egypt’s White and Black Deserts
Led by a guide and driver, a photojournalist embarked on a three-day, two-night excursion that took her deep into one of the country’s lesser-known wonders.
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Ukraine War Leads to Global Shortage of TNT for Military and Mining Use
Mining materials to make cement, gravel and a host of other common products require an explosive that is becoming more expensive and limited in supply.
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A Wild Corner of Ireland, Through the Eyes of Dylan Thomas
A visit to the turbulent coastline of County Donegal reveals a place where the Welsh poet found creative enrichment in the summer of 1935.
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On a Magical Italian Island, Swimming, Stone and Sea
Favignana, off the west coast of Sicily, is known for its stone quarries, clear waters and fabled fish. A writer explores by land and by water.
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A New Age Skeptic Visits Sedona
On a trip to Sedona, Ariz., a writer tries to understand her mystically inclined mother’s beliefs with the help of crystals, meditation and visits to the area’s supposed celestial portals.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘She Literally Ran From the Room’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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Is This Really Good Turquoise? Who Knows?
The lack of a grading system for the popular stone has prompted a father-son team to spend the last five years working on one.
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Bringing Out the Softer Side of Stone
The British jeweler Charlotte De Syllas carves gems into unconventional forms.
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Rock Crystal Is Back in (Watch) Style
While quartz has long been used in timepieces, new models by Chanel and Van Cleef & Arpels show it having a moment.