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Thumbnail Specimens – Glacial Concretions 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 rockhounds…

Thumbnail Specimens 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 rockhounds and collectors ask.…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Spheres First a nice rough specimen is selected The piece is cut into a cube Corners are cut to pre-shape Loaded in the machine to rough shape after 4 day after 2 days after 3 days after undisclosed timeframe of polishing, the final product is done after undisclosed timeframe…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Special Collector Slabs Rainforest Jasper The slabs listed on this page are a collection of Special, rare and unique slabs we have collected over the years from 1969 to the present day…thought it was time to share some of our treasures with our loyal customers. Fuchsite Quartz Thick Display…

Shattuckite Shattuckite is a relatively rare copper silicate mineral. It was first discovered in the copper mines of Bisbee, Arizona, specifically the Shattuck Mine (hence the name). It is a secondary mineral that forms from the alteration of other secondary minerals. Normally it forms pseudomorphs after malachite with little alteration of the outward shape of…

Septarian Spheres Large 2.8 inch (72 mm) Septarian Sphere from Madagascar 8 $75.00 Add to cart Large 3.3 inch (84 mm) Septarian Sphere from Madagascar 5 $78.00 Add to cart Large 3.44 Inch Septarian Sphere from Madagascar 1 $79.00 Add to cart Large 3.88 inch (98.7 mm) Septarian Sphere from Madagascar 4 $139.00 Add to…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Rockhound Collapsible Canvas Rock Buckets Finally an easy way to carry those special rocks you find! Finding quality and durable collapsible Canvas Rock Collecting Buckets has been an ongoing and ever changing endeavor. Most Rock Collectors have been through the cycle of trying backpacks, metal buckets, plastic buckets (which…

Rhodochrosite Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral. In its rare pure form, it is typically a rose-red color, but impure specimens can be shades of pink to pale brown. Rhodochrosite occurs as a hydrothermal vein mineral along with other manganese minerals in low temperature ore deposits as in the silver mines of Romania where it…

Jacare Quartz (alligator Quartz) Jacare Quartz Jacare Quartz crystals feature an attractive Elestial Growth Formation. They are called Jacaré Quartz in Brazil because of its resemblance to the bumps on the back of a crocodile or alligator. (Jacaré is Portuguese for crocodile). Elestial crystals are mostly smoky in color, and are recognized by multiple terminations,…

Quartz Crystals from Saltville, Smyth County,VA and Info on Douglas Dam and Greene County, TN Quartz Crystals near Saltville, Virginia A variety of crystals may be found here. Crystals occur near Saltville in dark limy shales and shaly limestone layers above the post-Knox unconformity. An unconformity is a gap in the rock record, when either…