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Cabbing Tigereye to take full advantage of its special beauty takes a little extra care. In the world of gemstones, there are so m

In Part 1 of my All About Macrocrystalline Quartz series we discussed the basics of Macrocrystalline Quartz: science, nomenclature, var

Quartz can have several phenomena including phantom crystals, rainbows or asterism (star effect). In Part 1 of my All About Macrocryst

Quartz has long been the subject of spiritual beliefs and folklore. We were fortunate enough recently in acquiring a large stock of

Animals, and the human form, are the earliest recorded stone carvings. Depictions of animals in cave art have been found in more than

In my last two blogs I talked about the history of mining in Arizona and the mining towns still active today.  There are a lot of