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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...

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 2.5...

Tiffany Stone, also called Bertrandite, is a unique purple semiprecious stone material from Utah. It is actually an Opalized Fluorite, or an Opalite (yes, there is a such a thing as...

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, Egypt

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 Red...

Selenite is a form of Gypsum, which is one of the more common sedimentary minerals. It is a major rock forming mineral that produces massive beds, usually from precipitation out of highly...

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

The colors in Petrified Wood come from minerals present during formation.  Petrified Wood may retain the details of the original wood, but often the bright colors are not common in the actual wood and

Limb cast are 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 under several hundred yards

For those interested in pursuing education and a career in mining. This may not be an exhaustive list and the information presented is taken directly off their websites, but may change at any time. I

Colorado, like 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...