Hobbies-Craft
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Bench Tips
Getting a High Dome on a Cab
2 min |
February 2017
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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.
8 min |
October 2017
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Bench Tips
Working Cabs from the Back, Part II
2 min |
October 2017
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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!
2 min |
October 2017
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A Rockhound's 80-Year Mineral Odyssey
A Visit to the Not-So-Dark Continent
9 min |
February 2017
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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.
3 min |
January 2017
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West Coast Jade
Metamorphic Deposits from Canada to California.
9 min |
December 2016
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North Carolina's Minerals
Visit a Museum & Rock Shops in Spruce Pine.
10 min |
November 2016
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Birthstones
Stick with the Standards Or Choose Your Own
7 min |
January 2018
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On The Rocks
Federation Education
6 min |
January 2018
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Herkimer Diamonds In Spades
Collectors Rake in Water-Clear New York Quartz Crystals
9 min |
December 2017
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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.
7 min |
December 2017
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Arsenic Family Minerals
Part II: Erythrite, Realgar, Orpiment and Scorodite Add Rich Color to a Collection
6 min |
December 2017
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What To Cut
Kirinite Acrylic
2 min |
December 2017
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The World's Finest Azurites
Part I: Electric Blues from the Milpillas Mine
7 min |
January 2018
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Bench Tips
Working with Synthetic Quartz
2 min |
January 2018
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Rock Science
Malachite: The First Ore
3 min |
January 2018
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What To Cut
Aurora Opal
2 min |
January 2018
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Is it Calcite or Dolomite?
These Carbonates have Chemistry.
9 min |
April 2017
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Fluid Bed Sluices
How Well Do They Work?
10 min |
January 2017
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Flat Lapping Basics
Lapidary Mike Hahn Shares His Tips and Tricks.
4 min |
January 2017
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The Stone That Strikes Fire
Pyrite Is a Common Sulfi de Mineral And a Collector Favorite.
7 min |
November 2016
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The Games Miners Play
Contests Display Drilling, Mucking & Spike-Driving Skills.
10 min |
November 2016
Rock&Gem Magazine
Collecting Minerals In Estonia
Calcite Crystals from the Kukersite Oil Shale.
7 min |
November 2016
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An American Carver In China
Seattle Native Nathaniel Cook Receives a Special Invitation.
3 min |
December 2016
Rock&Gem Magazine
Silver-Rich Cobalt, Canada
An Accidental Discovery Opened Up Mining in the Canadian Shield.
10 min |
March 2017
Rock&Gem Magazine
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.
7 min |
March 2017
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Colorado's Great Sand Dunes
Visit North America’s Tallest Dunefield
10+ min |
March 2017
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On The Rocks
Uncommon Minerals
6 min |
February 2017
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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.
2 min |