This crystal is super special and has incredible powers.

Diane's Pocket is of the largest aquamarine specimens ever found in North America and was unveiled in 2006. It was found by a high-school dropout turned professional prospector.

The specimen measures 37 by 25 inches, and includes more than 100 aquamarine crystals and other gems. It was discovered in 2004 near the summit of the state’s 10th highest peak: Mount Antero in the Sawatch Range in central Colorado.

The "Alma King" is the finest mineral specimen of rhodochrosite in the world. It a football sized ruby red beautifully pointed crystal, set on a bed of snowy white quartz. Some museum visitors who see it remark that it looks like a gigantic piece of candy, and wonder whether or not it tastes like cherry, strawberry, or raspberry.

This specimen came from one of Colorado's very own 'defunct' silver mines, and was collected by a local Colorado collector and his team, who were prospecting the area for new gem and mineral discoveries.

This might be the finest and most famous mineral specimen ever collected from the mountains of Colorado. It helped propel rhodochrosite to become our state mineral, and has graced the covers of many magazines.

See the only collection of the remarkable Vasily Konovalenko gem sculptures on public display outside of Moscow.

Vasily Konovalenko (koh-noh-vuh-len-koh) was born in 1929 in Petrivka, Ukraine (just north of the Black Sea). After earning a degree in art and architecture, he became a stage designer for the Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. He worked on productions of Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, and other classic operas and ballets.  In 1957, while working at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Konovalenko produced sets for the ballet Stone Flower, in which the protagonist is a stonecutter. Konovalenko's gem carvings for the ballet earned rave reviews, and he became smitten with the art form.