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Bench Tips
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Bench Tips

Getting a High Dome on a Cab

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February 2017
Major Specimen Localities, Part IV: Copper From Cornwall To Upper Michigan
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Major Specimen Localities, Part IV: Copper From Cornwall To Upper Michigan

This is a superb example of very well crystallized native copper from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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October 2017
Bench Tips
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Bench Tips

Working Cabs from the Back, Part II

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October 2017
What To Cut- Covellite
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What To Cut- Covellite

Covellite is one of those materials that has no real use, except to a rock collector or lapidary!

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October 2017
A Rockhound's 80-Year Mineral Odyssey
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A Rockhound's 80-Year Mineral Odyssey

A Visit to the Not-So-Dark Continent

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February 2017
Caribbean Larimar
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Caribbean Larimar

Larimar is a very beautiful and distinctive-looking stone found in the Caribbean. The stone itself is actually a pectolite (calcium-sodium silicate); however, its blue, blue-green and white hues, as well as the fact that it stems from one location, make it a one-of-a-kind stone.

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January 2017
West Coast Jade
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West Coast Jade

Metamorphic Deposits from Canada to California.

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December 2016
North Carolina's Minerals
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North Carolina's Minerals

Visit a Museum & Rock Shops in Spruce Pine.

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November 2016
Birthstones
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Birthstones

Stick with the Standards Or Choose Your Own

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January 2018
On The Rocks
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On The Rocks

Federation Education

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January 2018
Herkimer Diamonds In Spades
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Herkimer Diamonds In Spades

Collectors Rake in Water-Clear New York Quartz Crystals

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December 2017
Malachite, Part II- Banded Beauty From Russia And The Cargo
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Malachite, Part II- Banded Beauty From Russia And The Cargo

One of the earliest-known sources of malachite was mined by the Egyptians in the Sinai Desert thousands of years ago. Since that time, this lovely, green hydrous copper carbonate has been mined in quantity all over the world.

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December 2017
Arsenic Family Minerals
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Arsenic Family Minerals

Part II: Erythrite, Realgar, Orpiment and Scorodite Add Rich Color to a Collection

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December 2017
What To Cut
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What To Cut

Kirinite Acrylic

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December 2017
The World's Finest Azurites
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The World's Finest Azurites

Part I: Electric Blues from the Milpillas Mine

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January 2018
Bench Tips
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Bench Tips

Working with Synthetic Quartz

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January 2018
Rock Science
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Rock Science

Malachite: The First Ore

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January 2018
What To Cut
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What To Cut

Aurora Opal

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January 2018
Is it Calcite or Dolomite?
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Is it Calcite or Dolomite?

These Carbonates have Chemistry.

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April 2017
Fluid Bed Sluices
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Fluid Bed Sluices

How Well Do They Work?

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January 2017
Flat Lapping Basics
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Flat Lapping Basics

Lapidary Mike Hahn Shares His Tips and Tricks.

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January 2017
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The Stone That Strikes Fire

Pyrite Is a Common Sulfi de Mineral And a Collector Favorite.

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November 2016
The Games Miners Play
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The Games Miners Play

Contests Display Drilling, Mucking & Spike-Driving Skills.

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November 2016
Collecting Minerals In Estonia
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Collecting Minerals In Estonia

Calcite Crystals from the Kukersite Oil Shale.

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November 2016
An American Carver In China
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An American Carver In China

Seattle Native Nathaniel Cook Receives a Special Invitation.

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December 2016
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Silver-Rich Cobalt, Canada

An Accidental Discovery Opened Up Mining in the Canadian Shield.

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March 2017
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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.

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March 2017
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Colorado's Great Sand Dunes

Visit North America’s Tallest Dunefield

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March 2017
On The Rocks
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On The Rocks

Uncommon Minerals

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February 2017
Bench Tips- A Fanciful Project
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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.

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December 2017