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Due to covid and the influx of live shows on social media, more and more people are getting into rocks and minerals. That’s great for those of us who make a living mining and selling rocks and ...
Rockhounding - (Post)Rockhounding is the hobby of looking for and collect interesting rocks. I am writing a series of blogs that deal with this hobby. This series is mostly geared towards the beginner or hobbyist, not th ...
Four Peaks Mining Co at the OdySea Aquarium complex - (Post)We attended the GRAND OPENING of the Four Peaks Mining Co store. UPDATE-Unfortunately we have heard that this amazing shop will be closing the end of this year (2026). If you haven't been, you should ...
Kentucky Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Kentucky may not have lots of rocks and minerals, but it has lots of fossils. Long ago Kentucky was covered in shallow tropical seas, so brachiopod, coral, sponge, crinoid, trilobite, and nautiloid ...
Arizona Rocks and Minerals - (Page) Arizona is rich in rock and minerals. But even better-it is the home to the world's largest Gem and Mineral Show! Every year for 2-3 weeks, around the first of February, rock and mineral dea ...
Wyoming Rocks and Minerals - (Page) We have spent many summers digging dinosaur bones in Wyoming! The Native American word for Wyoming, mecheweaming, means “at the big flat”. A very accurate description of ...
Tennessee Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Tennessee has more mineral resources than any other state east of the Mississippi, except North Carolina. Limestone and dolomite, bituminous coal, lead, zinc, ball clay, sand and gravel, phosphate, ...
Colorado Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Colorado, like most western states, has produced gold, copper, and silver. Gold was discovered in 1859 and the most productive gold mine in Colorado, the Cresson Mine, produced more than 258,000 o ...
California Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Rockhounds collected California's rock and minerals before the gold rush. California's geological forces have created one of the widest varieties of rocks and minerals found in any state. In fact ...
Idaho Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Idaho is a great state for rockhounding. In fact Idaho's nickname is 'The Gem State’. It even has a county known as Gem County. The state is also home to an incredible variety of geol ...
List of Rocks and Minerals - (Page)There are about 5000 identified mineral names. There are new ones being added every year, but only about 130 of the known ones are actually considered "gemstone" minerals. "Gemstones" itself ...
Azurite - (Page)The name Azurite is derived from the Arabic word for blue -azure. The intensely darker royal blue Azurite is often found with its cousin, rich green Malachite. They are both hydrous copper ...