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 ...
Ruby and Fuchsite (or Zoisite) - (Page)Ruby and Fuchsite and Ruby and Zoisite are both lovely green semiprecious stones with actual pink Ruby crystals embedded in it. Ruby is the red variety of corundum, the second hardest na ...
India Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Mining in India is an important activity and contributes to the economy. The mining sector underwent modernization following the independence of India, although minerals have been mined in the reg ...
Georgia Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Georgia has rocks of almost every geological period exposed. So, it is not surprising that Georgia has a large variety of rocks and minerals. The southern half of the state is part of the coas ...