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Digging at the McDonald Ranch

In June of 2020, the Central Oregon Rock Collectors club went on a field trip to the McDonald Ranch near Ashwood, Oregon. The McDonald Ranch offers petrified wood, angelwing agate, and thundereggs.

MAGNETITE: A NATURAL HISTORY

An Iron Oxide that Changed the World

TETRAHEDRITE-TENNANTITE: Which is Which?

Unassuming, handsome, and confusing minerals

Amber and the Komboloi Tradition

Exploring the Science and Mindfulness Behind the Practice

CHANNELING A MOTHER ROCK

Mineral Constituents of the Chert Complex

Cerro de Trincheras

Trail, Museum & Petroglyphs South of the Border in Sonora, Mexico

Creating A Decorative Feature

BENCHTIPS

STUDYING THE PAST OF Petrified Wood

Trust Plant Anatomy To Be Your Guide When Working In the Present

THE GARNET FAMILY

Spanning the Spectrum of Mineralogy

Ugly Rocks Can Contain Beautiful Treasures

From the outward appearance of certain ironstone or siderite nodules, they might seem to be ugly-looking dirty rocks, but they often hide beautiful treasures inside.

Silver Rush and the Rush on Fakes

The recent panic buying of silver bullion earlier this year has sparked a significant increase in fraudulent or misleading online advertising to lure unsuspecting retail buyers to purchase counterfeit United States silver dollars, according to officials of the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (www.ACEFonline.org). “The Chinese are blowing up the web selling fake silver dollars. We’ve seen suspicious ads posted on many platforms, including Amazon and Facebook,” cautioned Doug Davis, ACEF AntiCounterfeiting director.

Portable Wealth and Hyperinflation in the Age of Repression

Portable Wealth and Hyperinflation in the Age of Repression

PALLADIUM'S GLITTERING FUTURE

American Eagle Palladium Bullion Coins Have Appreciated Nicely

Future of U.S. Coin Authentication

Identifying fakes is an art and a science

COIN COLLECTING AND INVESTING - ULTIMATE CRYSTAL BALL

Trends That Will Shape Your World Through 2041

Change For A Reagan?

NEW COIN DESIGNS ARE COMING

Bullion Demand and Rare Coin Optimism

HIGH VALUE COINS ARE SELLING SMARTLY

1933 SAINT-GAUDENS DOUBLE EAGLE FOR SALE

Will we know the name of the buyer this time?

LABRADORITE A Feldspar Mineral with a Rainbow Inside

Collectors often dig labradorite as a colorful rock, but it is actually a mineral, not a rock. It is one of a half dozen varieties of feldspar divided into two groups that make up the crust of the earth. One group is the potassium feldspars, including microcline. The other group is a plagioclase feldspar, including labradorite.

LEARNING FROM A Legend

VISITS TO LUCKY STRIKE MINE PRODUCE GREAT MEMORIES AND MATERIAL

“ TOUCH THE MOON ” WITHOUT LEAVING EARTH

Discovering Similarites Between Space and the Upper Midwestern U.S.

GOLD MINING IN DAHLONEGA, GEORGIA

History and Panning Adventures

THE NICKEL BEHIND THE NICKEL

The word “nickel” is a homonym with two distinct meanings. It refers to both our five-cent coin and an element. Everyone is familiar with the coin, but not necessarily with the element.

The Golden Iron Mineral

PYRITE’S MANY CRYSTAL FORMS KEEP COLLECTORS FASCINATED

Idaho Star Garnet

Brilliant colors enhance the beauty and add to the value of many of our gemstones, especially those that are clear or translucent. And I like any color… as long as it is red. For that reason, the blood-red ruby is about my favorite gemstone. And in museums around this country and in Europe I have seen carefully cut cabochons containing startling six-rayed stars that seem to slide over the surface of the stone as it is rotated in the light. It is no wonder that, for hundreds of years, the star ruby has been one of the favorite stones of royalty.

New Discoveries in Newfoundland

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND ROCKHOUNDING HELP TO UNCOVER FASCINATING TREASURES AND HISTORY

GEOLOGY IN THE NATIONAL PARKS

The Science Behind the Scenery

A New View of Mineral Museums

This year of 2021 certainly started out to be disappointing for many mineral collectors. We were all looking forward to a host of mineral-related activities. Instead, few mineral shows and mineral activities on the calendar remain, so the first months of this year were devoid of organized mineral activity.

My Pandemic Project

I have been an avid woodworker for years, working on one project or another in my spare time.

Angela Harris

How did you get started woodworking? Who were your mentors?