Everybody loves the beauty of natural rocks and minerals. However, not everybody knows the meaning of all the terms used in the industry. I’ve prepared this guide to help those people understand more about the...
Greetings wood collectors. I have a new find, August 22nd. 2007. Here I will attempt to tease with a 63 pound full round, full blue blue forest specimen note ruler for scale. I had a very lucky day...
Welcome rock hounds! Turritella agate is no longer placed in the Fresh Water Genus Goniobasis, but is now the fresh water species Elimia tenera (Hall, 1845) from the Family Pleurocerida. Dr. Warren Allmon,...
*mjwy has resided in Sweetwater County, Wyoming since 1980, and has collected petrified wood since 1991. Welcome to collecting wood in modern times in Sweetwater County. We have excellent preservation, grand...
Ebay has had some recent fake ocean Jasper being sold mostly by chinese sellers. Ocean jasper is one of the most collectable stones in recent times. Word that the mine is running out or empty seem to fuel...
The local urban legend offers up Stefoinite as being named by Rudy Stefoin. This is backed up by his daughter Helen. He and Switz Tynsky, and a small hand full of others knew the location. Switz had the rock...
Gembone is often fractured, crumbling,or fragile.The idea is to insure your gembone stays in excellent condition.So whether you plan on just leaving your piece au natural or plan on polishing it,first inspect...
Gembone is dinosaur bone with the interior structure replaced by quartz. It comes in all colors, the most striking and desirable being canary yellow, green, red, orange, blue and gold. While all gembone has...