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Florida is not really known for good cutting or lapidary material. But Florida does have some cool rocks and minerals. Primarily Florida is covered with sedimentary rocks: limestone or calcite and...

Moonstone is a member of the Feldspar mineral group, containing the feldspar species albite and orthoclase.  It is named for its blue-white

What is my state's official state rock, mineral, or fossil?   Alabama designated Hematite as the state mineral in 1967, Hematite as the state rock in 1969, and Star Blue Quartz as the state...

Animals, and the human form, are the earliest recorded stone carvings. Depictions of animals in cave art have been found in more than 100 countries. From the beginning of recorded history, and probabl

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 mineral

I’ve been writing a series of blogs about rockhounding. But what if you are wanting to collect rocks for commercial purposes or you actually find a cool rock or mineral on one of your rockhounding exp