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Hazards While Rockhounding - (Post)
I would be remiss if I didn’t write a blog about the hazards you may encounter, and the things you should be aware of or avoid, in order to stay safe when you are rockhounding. Anyone who ever spen ...
Semi-Precious Stones vs. Precious Stones - (Post)What is the difference between precious stones and semi-precious stones? The dictionary describes semi-precious stones as being less valuable than precious stones. But, of course, ...
Collecting Fluorescent Minerals - (Post)For many rock collectors it is not about beauty, or rarity, or location. Fluorescence is about how that rock or mineral looks under a UV light. Some ordinary and often ugly rocks ...
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 ...
Setting up a Beginner Lapidary Shop - (Post)What is lapidary? (pronounced lap-i-dar-y) Lapidary is described as the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing rocks and lapidary artist is used to describe a person who cuts, polis ...
Sourcing, Finding and Collecting Rocks - (Post)Lets talk more about how to source rocks, what to look for, and what might help you find them. In my Rockhounding blogs I have mentioned that there are lots of books and websites you can explore ...
Agates - (Page) Agates are members of the chalcedony family. Chalcedony (kal SED' nee) is any form of microcrystalline quartz, where the crystals are too small to be seen without high magnification. However, ...
Malachite - (Page)Malachite, a beautifully patterned green mineral, is a copper carbonate or a copper ore. It has a hardness between 3.5 and 4. Malachite crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most of ...
Lapis Lazuli - (Page)Lapis Lazuli (often just referred to as Lapis) is an opaque, bright blue stone consisting mainly of Diopside and Lazurite. Lapis often has gold flecks (Pyrite) or whiteish veins (Calcite).
Jaspers - (Page)Jasper is a member of the chalcedony family. Chalcedony (kal SED' nee) is any form of microcrystalline quartz, where the crystals are too small to be seen without high magnification. However, in the ...
Alabama Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Though Alabama isn’t really known for its rocks, it actually is rich in pretty rocks! About 190 different minerals have been found in Alabama. The southern half of Alabama is a coastal ...
Agate Stone and Jasper Stone - (Page)What is the difference between agate stones and jasper stones? Agates and jaspers are both members of the Chalcedony stone family. Chalcedony (kal SED' nee) is any form of microcrystalline quartz, ...