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History of the Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show - (Post)
If you are even remotely interested in collecting rocks and minerals, you have probably heard about the Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show. Held every year for the last 60 years  ...
Petrified Wood and Fungus - (Post)Once again, I would like to explain that, though we have been in the rock and mineral business for 40 plus years, Petrified Wood is not our specialty. However, recently we bought a HUGE collection an ...
An Education in Mining - (Post)I’ve compiled some information here for those interested in pursuing an education and a career in the mining industry. This may not be an exhaustive list and the information presented is taken ...
Cutting Tigereye Cabochons - (Post)Cabbing Tigereye to take full advantage of its special beauty takes a little extra care. In the world of gemstones, there are so many amazing phenomenal stones. Phenomenal stones are those ...
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 ...
Fossils - (Page)Fossils are a record of a past life. They are the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. A fossil can be a part of the animal; such as the shell or bone. It can be an egg ...
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).
Copper Gemstones - (Page)Copper Gemstones are stones that contain either Native Copper or copper minerals. Thirteen metals occur as native elements. Obviously gold and silver are the most well known, but Native ...
Peru Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Peru is one of the leading producers of copper, gold, lead and silver. Today, Peru is the largest gold producer in Latin America, and the sixth-largest worldwide, generating billions of dollars in ...
Petrified Woods - (Page)Petrified Wood is also known as fossilized wood. The name Petrified Wood comes from the Greek root petro meaning "rock" or "stone", so stone wood or wood turned into stone. It is technically a ps ...
Our Policies - (Page)OakRocks Policies and Frequently Asked Questions. I'm sorry-we do not do custom rock cutting. Nor do we offer cutting services for your gemstone materials. However we do have a h ...
Texas Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Texas produces a large variety of gemstones, rocks, minerals and fossils. Sandy sediments typical of the coastal plain make up southeastern Texas. Behind this lies the Llano uplift of central Texas ...