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Children’s Corner Sedimentary Rocks A Special Place for Junior Rock Hounds SpiritRock Shop “Junior Rockhound Pages” Sedimentary Rocks Sedimentary rocks…The earth’s surface is constantly being eroded. This means that rocks are broken up into smaller pieces by weathering. Conditions such as wind, water, and ice turn small pieces of rock turn into pebbles, gravel, sand,…

Children’s Corner Igneous Rocks A Special Place for Junior Rock Hounds SpiritRock Shop “Junior Rockhound Pages” Igneous Rocks The oldest type of all rocks is the igneous rock (IG nee us). The word “igneous” comes from a Greek word for fire. Deep inside the earth, the temperature is very high and the minerals there are…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Keokuk Geodes Item# 57KEO1020022Quartz Crystal Keokuk Geode Half from Keokuk, Iowa $42.00 Quantity Available 1 each Comes with stand shown in photo A rare iron influenced citrine, clear and white colored Quartz Keokuk Geode Half. This geode measures 4.78 x 3.58 x 2.7 inches (12.1 x 9.1 x 6.8cm)…

Tabasco Geodes Marquez Mining Tabasco Geode illianite front (1970's) illianite rear (1970's) Charles Albert Tabasco Pendant (2016) illianite necklace (1970's) illianite necklace rear (1970's) Tabasco Geodes, formally known as Illianites, are the world’s smallest geode formation. Tabasco  geodes have a distinct green (with an occasional red) outer shell (rind) of agate with tiny quartz crystals…

Rare Find! XL Missouri Pokerchip Calcite Monster Geodes These exciting and very rare geodes were located and excavated by Michael Streeter NC Professional Geologist, Photographer & Rockhound. For us to tell the story would lose way too much of the excitement and luck in finding these rare geodes. The best way for us to relay the…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Mooralla Geodes Item # G1107S4000Rare Mooralla Geode from Australia This specimen weighs 2.5oz (71g) and measures 2.1 x 1.6 x 1.35 inches (54 x 41 x 34mm) Mooralla has long been a famous collecting area, mainly in lapidary circles, and is renowned for its spectacular specimens of smoky quartz.…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Idar-Oberstein Geodes Very Rare! Item# 1A GI-O11160003Idar-Oberstein Crystal Agate Geode half from Setz Quarry, Germany (polished) ex; Joan Cook collection Polished half, Idar-Oberstein Crystal Agate Geode Agates around Idar-Oberstein are found in the so called Rotliegend, in basalt flows from the Permian age. These flows produce a lot of…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Mexican Geodes from a single source mine …some with Reverse Scepter Formations Rare Amethyst Quartz Needle Reverse Scepter These alluring Geode Crystal Structures from Mexico have sensationally pronounced crystalline interiors with possible shades of purple amethyst, clear and almost a citrine color mix, with scepters, Drusy, botryoidal, and tubular…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Kentucky geode, Aragonnite geode Kentucky Geodes… Kentuckians like my brother Mike, his wife Bonnie and their family, have grown up around geodes their whole lives where they are used as door stops and yard decorations. Because of this, most Kentuckians probably don’t realize that people in many areas have…

Home Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Rock Cycle Trancas Geodes “Trancas geodes with crystals are quite different from their famous cousins, the Las Choyas geodes. Trancas geodes, also known as “Chihuahua geodes” were discovered in 1971 in Chihuahua, Mexico. Trancas geodes are generally small – just two to four inches in size. They are not very colorful…