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Is Earth Leaking from the Middle?

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September 2025

Traditional wisdom holds that material contained within Earth's core is somewhat fixed and stays deep down.

Is Earth Leaking from the Middle?

Magma may form in the lower depths of the mantle and ride plumes to the surface to erupt as volcanoes or mid-ocean rifts, but the dense metallic core stays out of it. Well, maybe not.

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DUNCAN POPPY JASPER

Every year comes the chance to find something new, whether in the field or the marketplace. This year, a new type of jasper appeared in the rockhound community on Facebook, catching quick attention for its bright variety of colored poppy jasper.

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2 mins

September 2025

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PSEUDOFOSSILS - "Fossils" That Aren't!

Several mineral growths look for all the world like fossils.

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4 mins

September 2025

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Rock&Gem Magazine

MOSAIC

In January 2025, a group of designers was challenged to create or modify a design for iolite that would show off the gem's pleochroism and that would work for the material's lower refractive index and minimal dispersion. Jeffrey Hill's “Mosaic” is a straightforward design where rough can be oriented to showcase the greys and blues or oriented to show a mixing of the colors.

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2 mins

September 2025

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Rock&Gem Magazine

SALAR DE UYUNI

While relatively few people have ever visited the immense salt flat known as Salar de Uyuni (sa-LAR day ooh-yooni), millions have seen it on the big screen. In the 2017 movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Salar de Uyuni was the filming location for the fictional Crait, a small planet where white salt covers bright-red, mineral-rich soil, and the Resistance fought the First Order in a climactic battle.

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3 mins

September 2025

Rock&Gem Magazine

Rock&Gem Magazine

Meramec Station Road Calcite

Finding calcite in Limestone Cliffs near St. Louis

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7 mins

September 2025

Rock&Gem Magazine

Rock&Gem Magazine

SPACE ROCKS

Exploring the Asteroid Belt's Ancient Rocks

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5 mins

September 2025

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Rock&Gem Magazine

Subduction Is Alive & Well on Venus

Venus is often called Earth's Evil Twin.

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1 min

September 2025

Rock&Gem Magazine

Sri Lanka: The Gem Island

Ceylon, Sapphires & Serendipity

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6 mins

September 2025

Rock&Gem Magazine

Rock&Gem Magazine

Deinosuchus

An alligator no more!

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1 min

September 2025

Rock&Gem Magazine

Rock&Gem Magazine

ROCK & GEM FIELD GUIDE: Oregon Sunstone

Sunstone is the transparent, gem-quality variety of the mineral labradorite, a calcium-rich feldspar in the plagioclase series.

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1 mins

September 2025

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