Popular Woodworking
Instant Dewaxed Shellac
Take the wax out of shellac and you've got a great sealer that's compatible with most other finishes
1 min |
June 2023 - Issue 271
Popular Woodworking
OLIVER 10044 Planer
Oliver Machinery, a name recognized as a manufacturer of vintage woodworking machinery, has returned to the marketplace
1 min |
June 2023 - Issue 271
Rock&Gem Magazine
Family Travel
Unearth the Unexpected at Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Preserve
5 min |
May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Tucson's Year-Round Mineral Offerings
The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show is the hub of mineral-related activities at the beginning of each year.
2 min |
May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
WRAPPED WITH wire
Expert Advice for Getting Started
5 min |
May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
HEMIMORPHITE
Hemimorphite can be found all around the world predominantly surrounding zinc mines.
2 min |
May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
DIG IT!
Collecting Beyond the Rock Shop
3 min |
May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Las Choyas: GEODES 101
Geodes are popular no matter what the type. It's hard to resist the mystery and challenge of what's inside these rather plain-looking round rocks.
3 min |
May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
PALETTE FOR THE PAINTED DESERT
A geologist once described the Painted Desert as a \"sedimentary circus.\"
3 min |
May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
FOR THE Love OF Sand! Become a Psammophile!
While rock and mineral collectors often seek the biggest crystal ever, true wonders exist at the microscopic level.
5 min |
May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
MINING New Jersey
The History of the Franklin & Sterling Hill Mines
5 min |
May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
THE PERFECT 640
As a renaissance in jewelry and lapidary work has been taking place, it's a perfect time to focus on faceting.
2 min |
May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
STONES for Love
What to Give to those Special in Your Life
4 min |
May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
BRACHIOPODS: SEASHELLS OF THE ANCIENT SEA FLOOR
Brachiopods are one of the most common and recognizable fossils found around the world.
2 min |
May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Pink Opal
For many years, the only deposit of pink opal was found in Peru. Then in 2011, Glenn Archer of Australian Outback Mining discovered a new find in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, just east of the coastal town of Carnarvon.
3 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
The Rumbling, Bone-Tumbling
"Coo" of T. Rex
1 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Top 10 Magenta Rocks
Lapidary Materials to Celebrate the Pantone Color of the Year
7 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
To Find the Beginnings of Complex Life on Earth
Search Life Living Today!
1 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
A New Tale for the Ankylosaur Tail Club
They weren't just for clobbering T. rex, after all!
1 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
ICELAND SPAR: THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS
In Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, author Lewis Carroll used the title phrase as a metaphor for peering into a world where nothing was quite what it seemed. When it came to understanding the mysterious nature of light, the \"looking glass\" for early scientists was optical calcite or Iceland spar.
3 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Gold & the Hard Rock Summit Show
The Hard Rock Summit Show has become the top fall mineral show in Denver around which other shows have clustered.
4 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
EXPLORING Fantastic Cavems, Drive-Through Cave
Plus a Bucket List of Caves for the Physically Challenged
7 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
The LA BREA TAR PITS: A Journey to the Ice Age
Los Angeles is the land of palm trees, movie stars, Malibu and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
6 min |
April 2023
COINage Magazine
Who says Lincoln Cents are PENNY-ANTE $2.86 Face Value in Pennies Sells for $7.73 Million
What's likely the highest-quality collection of Lincoln Head Cents ever assembled, 286 coins, has been auctioned for a record $7,731,811 by Great Collections, one of the world's leading rare coin auctioneers based in Irvine, California.
5 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
What Modern U.S. Commemorative Dollars Are the Best Buys?
1996-D OLYMPIC HIGH JUMP UNCIRCULATED DOLLAR TOPS THE LIST
2 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
The Risks & Rewards of BULLION DEPOSITORIES
There was a time when the bullion industry spawned relatively few colorful news stories, but things have changed, and drama from the world of bullion has lately been spilling into the general media.
7 min |
April - May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
THE CURIOUS LORE OF George Frederick Kunz
America's First Gemologist
7 min |
April 2023
COINage Magazine
Bullion DOESN'T HAVE TO BE Boring!
What images come to mind when you think of bullion products — stacks or boxes full of gold American Eagles, silver American Eagles, Maple Leafs and bars? There are hundreds of bullion products available in all different sizes to fit everyone's budget.
5 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
U.S. Rare Coin Market Continued to Soar in 2022
The market for rare United States coins enjoyed a banner year in 2022 with many price records set for individual coins, according to an analysis by CDN Publishing, publishers of the Greysheet family of numismatic market price guides. “Continuing the momentum from 2021, we estimate the overall U.S. rare coin market exceeded a record $6 billion in total volume for the year in 2022,” said Patrick Ian Perez, CDN vice president.
1 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
KEEPING YOUR COINS SAFE WITH Victor J. Gonzalez
Victor J. Gonzalez has been involved in the insurance industry since 1985.
3 min |