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The World's Finest Azurites
Part I: Electric Blues from the Milpillas Mine
Bench Tips
Working with Synthetic Quartz
Rock Science
Malachite: The First Ore
What To Cut
Aurora Opal
Is it Calcite or Dolomite?
These Carbonates have Chemistry.
Fluid Bed Sluices
How Well Do They Work?
Flat Lapping Basics
Lapidary Mike Hahn Shares His Tips and Tricks.
The Stone That Strikes Fire
Pyrite Is a Common Sulfi de Mineral And a Collector Favorite.
The Games Miners Play
Contests Display Drilling, Mucking & Spike-Driving Skills.
Collecting Minerals In Estonia
Calcite Crystals from the Kukersite Oil Shale.
An American Carver In China
Seattle Native Nathaniel Cook Receives a Special Invitation.
Silver-Rich Cobalt, Canada
An Accidental Discovery Opened Up Mining in the Canadian Shield.
UCLA Meteorite Gallery Is Out Of This World
Within their collections, many a rockhound has at least one sample of a space rock, better known as a meteorite. Meteorites are truly rare. One meteorite researcher has been contacted by 2,100 people who claimed to have discovered one. Of the 2,100, only seven had found a true meteorite. The rest of the specimens mailed in were hematite or magnetite (iron ores), heavy minerals such as galena, slag from smelting, or just common rocks.
Colorado's Great Sand Dunes
Visit North America’s Tallest Dunefield
On The Rocks
Uncommon Minerals
Bench Tips- A Fanciful Project
Sometimes, when I am sorting through my slabs and trim saw cutoffs, I come across a particular piece that I know I want to make something with, but at that time I can’t picture exactly what.
Rock Science
Udate: The Carbon Mineral Challenge
Little Eagle Butte Sun Stone
A New Opportunity for Fee Digging in Oregon
Rock Science
Petroglyph National Monument