Posts Tagged ‘woo converted’

Needles Blue Agate Needles Blue Agate We were introduced a few years ago to “Needles Blue Agate” by Maggie McShan from Needles, California. Maggie and her husband Frank ran an Old Time Rock Shop there in Needles and are well known in the Rockhound community. Chris obtained a very interesting Needles Blue Agate specimen display…

Grape Agate/Botryoidal Amethyst A Wonderful FIND….that is almost GONE Grape Agate is a very interesting material that was introduced to the market in the latter half of 2016. It was discovered some years back along one of Indonesia’s island coastal areas, Manakarra Beach in the Mamuju Area, Sulawesi Barat Province, West Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. Since…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Deming Agate “Something Brand new from our shop this year! This is a massive 4+ lb agate nodule from Deming, NM. It’s cut as a stand-up display specimen to show off all the color in the green, blue, gold, white and red agate as well as the amazing sagenite…

Lead Lead is a chemical element with atomic number 82 and symbol Pb (from Latin: plumbum). It is a soft, malleable, and heavy metal. Freshly cut solid lead has a bluish-white color that soon tarnishes to a dull grayish color when exposed to air; the liquid metal has shiny chrome-silver luster. Lead is a bright…

Heubnerite Heubnerite is a dark reddish-brown submetallic to resinous mineral that forms monoclinic long prismatic striated crystals. It may occur granular massive or bladed and simple contact twinning is common. Heubnerite is a heavy mineral that is somewhat soft and slightly transparent. The deep red color is best seen at points where the crystals have…

Fluorite and Galenite Once in a while we stumble across a very old stock mineral specimen and we do extensive research into a minerals history. We procured this specimen in the last few years from a Fluorescent Mineral Dealer in Dutchess County, New York as a SW Ultra Violet fluorescent specimen. When we received the…

Eudialyte Eudialyte is a fairly rare cyclosilicate mineral. It is a popular mineral in collections however due to its attractive and distinctive colors. It is…unfortunately… extremely rare to find well formed crystals and rarely even forms any crystal faces at all. Crystals of eudialyte are usually embedded in the host rock, surrounded by other minerals…

Dolomite Dolomite is both a mineral and a rock. The mineral is a pure form sedimentary rock-forming mineral that can be found all over the world and is quite common in sedimentary rock formations. The rocks formed are a sedimentary carbonate structure composed mostly of Dolomite but also with impurities such as Calcite, Quartz, and…

Crocoite Crocoite (pronounced Kro-ko-ite) is a very rare but very spectacular mineral that was first found in Russia. Crocoite is sought after by mineral collectors for its pronounced orange-red color. The crystals are thin, needle-like formations arranged in random, jackstraw fashion. Crocoite is a rare lead chromate mineral that appears to form under the unusual…

Thumbnail Specimens – Oklahoma Rose Rocks Most rock and mineral collectors don’t think about how or where they will display their prized specimen pieces. Everyone loves an amazing display specimen.  However…just where do you plan on displaying your specimens and how much room do you actually have for your displays? These should be questions most…