If you’ve recently been passed down a family member’s glassware collection, you might be curious about some of the pieces with intricate designs. Grandma might have called her catalog her crystal, but ...

A woman with long hair holds a glass bowl, examining it to determine whether to purchase it. - Galina Zhigalova/Getty Images Thrifters know that bargains abound at resale shops, tag sales, and antique ...

Glass was among the most expensive crafting materials before the invention of glassblowing techniques. An ancient recipe for making glass is as simple as annealing a molten mixture of silica sand and ...

Most people know some very basic information about minerals, crystals, and gemstones, but likely wouldn’t be sure about what ...

Glass is a material distinguished by its amorphous or non-crystalline microscopic structure. 1 Glasses are typically transparent to visible light, and many are valued for their chemical inertness and ...

At first glance, glass and crystal seem identical — both are transparent, shiny, and used to make cups, vases, and chandeliers. But the difference lies in what they’re made of and how they sound, ...