Hello Everyone : ) My passion is for completely natural quartz and I do not like fakes! Although I often admire the labor involved with making some of these fakes they are still fakes Below I have written...
To the newbie mineral buyers out there: beware of the fake turquoise. Real turquoise is sold by the gram. It costs BIG TIME. Expect to pay good money for the real stuff.Here are some links that offer good...
OVERVIEW The goal of this buyer’s guide is to leave you, the consumer, less confused for reading it, not more so, by providing useful,unbiased information that will aid you in understanding ammolite. It will...
The best HIDDEN SECRETS Everyone Should Know When Buying Gems and Crystals On Ebay for 2008! Hidden secret #1) POINT OF REFERENCE: Well it is not exactly a secret....but how you do it DEFINATELY is!...
Collecting fossils can be an educational, rewarding and enjoyable hobby. As a child I was entranced by the idea that some rocks were once alive. This guide shares some of my experience collecting fossils,...
Answers to frequently asked questions about how to polish stones in a rock tumbler. Rocks are commonly polished in a rock tumbler. The basic procedure is to tumble the rocks with progressively finer grits ...
There are two main type of rock tumblers: Rotary tumblers are the most common and readily available. Vibratory tumblers are often used by advanced hobbyists or rock polishing professionals. Benefits...
I just got took. I should have known. Fake amber is not hard to make. It can be made from heating colored plastic, using copal (not 'mature' amber) or other modern polymers. Amber that looks 'too perfect'...
Amber is a fossilized resin that has gone through a number of changes over millions of years. The oldest amber is registered to be 345 million years old, and the oldest known amber containing an inclusion...
I'm writing this for those that don't know, hopefully to prevent someone from getting burned! The idea of a fossil being faked is unbelievable to some people, but there are both sinister and legitimate...