PASADENA – Pasadena was once the home of the largest mineral and lapidary mail order supplier in the country. It was called Grieger’s. It was started as a hobby and expanded into a large business.

Those with an affinity for rocks will be both entertained and educated during Lapidary Day at the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art in Oak Brook. The museum’s slate from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 8, ...

Regina and Jill Collins have been enjoying mother-daughter outings to the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art for about 10 years. Regina, who was interested in polished rocks, first took her daughter, now ...

Each week, The Sun’s John McIntyre presents a moderately obscure but evocative word with which you may not be familiar — another brick to add to the wall of your working vocabulary. Use it in a ...