Perfect gift for kids : semi precious stones

Emilie Bienvenew

“My go to present for kids between 7 and 12 : semi precious stones ! There's so much of different kinds of them, and kids can spend hours just looking at them, learn their names and where & how they come from - and it's like having a little treasure. And it opens new doors of activities : visit a mineralogical museum, books on geology, stones hunting on the beach... I was gifted some at 10, and sti”

even*cleveland

“One drizzly March morning in Paris, I found myself trying to find the Museum of Minerals at the School of Mines. I passed a glassed vestibule watched by a friendly guard and wandered through austere school halls marked with noticeboards, then turned a corner and found myself facing a startlingly grand staircase surrounded by murals depicting ice caves and other geologically sublime places. Up the”