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Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Bornite aka Peacock Ore Bornite is a favorite among children, the bornite chunks sold as “peacock ore” or alternatively “peacock copper” have a rich bouquet of colors. The colors are from an iridescent tarnish that forms on bornite upon exposure to air. The tarnish is made of assorted copper…

Azurite Azurite is a soft, deep blue copper mineral produced by the weathering of copper ore deposits. When copper oxidizes, it forms the carbonate mineral Azurite. It is also known as Chessylite after the location where it was originally found at Chessy-les-Mines near Lyon, France. This beautiful crystal has more than 150 different formations. It…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Samyta Agates Mount Fitzroy in Patagonia, Argentina Samyta Agate Magnificent Samyta agates are a rare form of agate found in the 1990’s near the Condor agates in the Patagonia region of Argentina. When in the rough uncut form it is very difficult to tell a Condor from a Samyta…

CAUTION: “ROCK POX” AREA ! Beware! “Rock Pox” has been detected!It’s symptoms…You can’t stop thinking about rocks and minerals,you start thinking about all the specimens you don’t have yet and you just have to get more rocks!!! Welcome to our “Rock Talk” Page 2A  collection from Numerous sources…You Might be a Rockhound If…. Mel Albright,…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Cheetah Agate Shown Wet Shown Wet Cheetah agate is a fairly recent mineral discovery from Brazil. This agate is a by-product of an Apatite mining operation. Cheetah Agate is found in seams with Apatite that is being mined in Brazil. Its color and pattern are the reason it is…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Magnetite Magnetite is one of the three naturally occurring iron oxide minerals. It is the most strongly magnetic mineral found in nature. Normally magnetite is attracted to a magnet but some specimens are naturally magnetized and have the ability to attract small pieces of iron and small pieces of…

Home Minerals List Our Policies Shipping Dendritic Moss Opal Larimar Larimar is a rare form of Pectolite, which was discovered in the 1970;s and is found only in the Dominican Republic. It has an extraordinary blue appearance, similar to the color of the ocean in tropical areas. The name Larimar comes from a combination of…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Kämmererite / Chromian Clinochlore Kämmererite (also spelled Kaemmererite) is a chromium-bearing variety of Clinochlore with bright purple to a deep crimson red color. Shaping of Kämmererite is very difficult because the crystals are usually thin, micaceous with a perfect cleavage. This means that it is extraordinarily difficult to facet,…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Heulandite Heulandite is a hydrated calcium sodium aluminum silicate mineral. Heulandite occurs with Stilbite and other Zeolites in the amygdaloidal cavities of basaltic volcanic rocks, and occasionally in gneiss and hydrothermal veins. Heulandite is a member of the Zeolites group and is closely related to Clinoptilolite. The Zeolites group…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Hemimorphite Hemimorphite, is a sorosilicate mineral which has been mined from days of old from the upper parts of zinc and lead ores, chiefly associated with smithsonite. It was often assumed to be the same mineral and both were classed under the same name of calamine. In the second…