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Where is Petrified Wood Found? - (Post)
Petrified Wood is found all over the world. Countries with well-known petrified wood deposits include: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, The Czech Republic, Germany, Ecuador, Egyp ...
Lapidary Clubs - (Post)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 m ...
The Colors of Petrified Wood - (Post)Petrified Wood may retain the details of the original wood, but often the bright colors are not common in the actual wood and are what makes Petrified Wood so beautiful. So where do those beautiful c ...
Limb Cast or Petrified Wood - (Post)Limb cast are arguably some of the most beautiful “Petrified Wood” around. But what is a limb cast? Limb cast begin the same way that Petrified Wood does, trees are buried quickly u ...
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 ...
Utah Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Lots of beautiful rocks and minerals come from the state of Utah. Utah covers 54.4 million acres, of which 35 million are owned by the federal government. There are five National Parks and six Nat ...
Septarian Nodule - (Page)Septarian Nodules are actually sedimentary rock concretions. They actually look like giant mud balls, but when you break them open they have very pretty pockets of yellow. Some even have open pock ...
Snowflake Obsidian - (Page)Snowflake Obsidian is a black obsidian with whitish-gray spots of radiating needle-shaped cristobalite crystals. A lot of Snowflake Obsidian is from Millard County, Utah. Approximately 2 ...
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 ...
Cherry Creek Jasper - (Page)Cherry Creek Jasper is a colorful jasper found in Mainland China. It is also known as Red Creek Jasper or Picasso Jasper. It comes from the Cherry Creek Mine and there is a nearby creek named Re ...
Selenite - (Page)Selenite is a form of Gypsum, which is one of the more common minerals in sedimentary environments. It is a major rock forming mineral that produces massive beds, usually from precipitation out of ...
Colorado Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Colorado, and 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 ou ...