Petrified Wood may retain the details of the original wood, but often the bright colors are not common in the actual wood and are what makes Petrified Wood so beautiful. So where do those beautiful c ...
The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show - (Post)OakRocks has exhibited at the annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Show under the name Barlow’s for over 40 years! Bruce attended the show in 1981, hanging with friends and tailgating (selling with ...
All About Macrocrystalline Quartz-Part 1 The Basics - (Post)Quartz has long been the subject of spiritual beliefs and folklore. We were fortunate enough recently in acquiring a large stock of various Quartzes from several locations and have spent tim ...
Where is Petrified Wood Found? - (Post)Petrified Wood is found all over the world. Countries with well-known petrified wood deposits include: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, The Czech Republic, Germany, Ecuador, Egyp ...
Madagascar Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Madagascar produces an amazing array of precious gemstones. In addition they have lots of semiprecious stones such as agates and jaspers, as well as fossils, and minerals. Madagascar is the ...
Polychrome Jasper - (Page)Polychrome Jasper is a type of chalcedony stone which develops in massive formations. The semi precious gemstone material was first found on the northwest coast of Madagascar in 2008, while searc ...
Kabamba Jasper - (Page)Kabamba Jasper is a lovely green orbicular jasper from Madagascar. Kabamba Jasper is green orbicular rock from the South Africa Rift on the west side of the island of Madagascar. This semi ...
Ocean Jasper - (Page)Ocean Jasper is from a silicified rhyolite ash flow off the northwest coast of Madagascar, near the village of Marovato. It was discovered around 2000 and was vary plentiful at first. Ocean ...
Septarian Nodule - (Page)Septarian Nodules are actually sedimentary rock concretions. They actually look like giant mud balls, but when you break them open they have very pretty pockets of yellow. Some even have open pock ...
Labradorite - (Page)Labradorite has an uninteresting color of dark gray, but displays a beautiful iridescence, giving off rainbow-colored reflections known as labradorescence when light hits it in certain directions.
Origin of Rock Names - (Page)Origin of Names for Rocks and Minerals How do rocks and minerals get their names? The Rock and Mineral names can be traced quite often to Greek and to Latin. It is common practice to add an "ite" ...