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Unfortunately, actually cutting rocks does require specialized lapidary equipment. Rocks vary in hardness, but many contain quartz or simila

As previously promised, this month I will go more in depth in explaining the tree characteristics used when trying to identifying a piece of

Let me state this right up front-I am not an expert in petrified wood. I have been in the lapidary business for over 40 years, and have, on

If you have read my previous blogs (you can find them by clicking here), you know that I have been educating myself on petrified wood and sh

This is a piece of petrified forest floor! It is from the Kirkby collection and it was self-collected sometime in the 1930's to the 1960's.

The Kirkby's were well-known and well-respected in the rock and fossil world. If you have been following my blogs-you know that my foray int