I previously wrote a blog for those wishing to pursue an education in mining. You can read that hear: https://www.oakrocks.net/blog/an-education-in-mining/ But what if you want an education in Earth ...
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 ...
Michigan Rock and Minerals - (Page) Michigan has 1,853 records of mining mines according to the U.S.G.S. Lower Michigan is quite level and not much elevated above the Great Lakes, and is underlain by sedimentary deposits of li ...
Canada Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Collectible rocks and minerals are found in every province and territory in Canada. Canada is the second largest country in the world. It is the world leader in the production of potash and ranks am ...
Wisconsin Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Wisconsin is one of the best states in the U.S. for finding a rocks, crystals and minerals. Wisconsin is a rolling plain laid down on sedimentary rocks and broken in places by uplifted igneous and m ...
Kansas Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Sedimentary rocks containing coal, salt, and fossils are under Kansas. The surface is sand and gravel from the erosion of the Rocky Mountains and carried eastward by water. These deposits created th ...
Other Lapidary Rocks - (Page) In order to manage what could become a huge type of gemstone list-I've tried to sort my rock and mineral information in obvious categories: agates, jaspers, my quartz category is fo ...
Massachusetts Rock and Minerals - (Page)Massachusetts, though small, has great rocks and minerals found there. Massachusetts is divided into two geological provinces by the Connecticut River. East of the river, the land falls, with a few ...
Virginia Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Virginia though small, produces a wide variety of rocks, minerals, fossils and metals. Drowned valleys along the coastal plain of Virginia form long bays and, in the southeast, swamps such as the Gr ...
Washington Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Washington's Petrified Woods are some of the finest in the nation. The Petrified Woods not only represent a broad range of colors and patterns, but also represent a wide range of identifiable spec ...
About Us - (Page)OakRocks (aka Barlow's Gems) Located in Phoenix, AZ USA 602-571-9287 oakrocks@msn.com We have been in the gem and mineral business for over 40 years. We have sold on eBay since 20 ...
Oregon Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Oregon is known for jaspers, agates, thundereggs, and petrified wood. Oregon's terrain varies from beaches to pine covered mountains to barren desert. Graveyard Point Plume, Priday, Stinkin ...