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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.
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April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
The Rumbling, Bone-Tumbling
"Coo" of T. Rex
1 min |
April 2023
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Top 10 Magenta Rocks
Lapidary Materials to Celebrate the Pantone Color of the Year
7 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
SERENDIPITY EQUALS A MONTANA AGATE
Serendipity is having an apparent aptitude for making discoveries accidentally.
2 min |
April 2023
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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
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"Lucky 13"-A New Find of Purple Apatite at Maine's Pulsifer Quarry
A patite is a favorite collector's mineral with a dizzying array of beautiful colors and interesting crystal habits.
7 min |
April 2023
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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
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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
Raised in a ROCK SHOP
The Influence of Rock Collecting & Lapidary While Growing Up
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
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Bye-Bye, Glaciers?
Concerns about the loss of glacial ice vary. Downstream from the Himalayas, one billion people depend on run-off from existing glaciers to fill their rivers and meet their water supplies.
1 min |
April 2023
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To Find the Beginnings of Complex Life on Earth
Search Life Living Today!
1 min |
April 2023
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Dinosaur Mummies
Perhaps More Common Than Imagined?
1 min |
April 2023
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A New Tale for the Ankylosaur Tail Club
They weren't just for clobbering T. rex, after all!
1 min |
April 2023
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Filling Earth's Oceans with Water
One Meteorite at a Time, Per One Smoking Gun
1 min |
April 2023
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Ichthyosaur Birthing Resembled that of Gray Whales
Prepare for a New Era of Boots-on-the-Ground Exploration
1 min |
April 2023
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The Magnetic Field of Mars
Life Would Have Depended on It
1 min |
April 2023
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Geoengineering Earth's Oceans
From Science Fiction to Science Fact
1 min |
April 2023
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Leaving Earth Behind
A Record Number of Rockets Take off from Earth in 2022
1 min |
April 2023
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Concrete for the Ages
What the Romans Knew that We Might Learn
1 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
THE CURIOUS LORE OF George Frederick Kunz
America's First Gemologist
7 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Volcanoes and Emeralds
I've had the privilege to give lectures worldwide at shows, club meetings and retreats. I've also done videos and DVDs including Russian Gem Treasures, shot in Russia and another associated with the Smithsonian about American gem mines.
4 min |
December 2022
Rock&Gem Magazine
THE MAGIC OF MARBLE
Sculptors and architects have an abundance of natural stone materials to choose from alabaster, travertine, granite, limestone and soapstone to name a few. But one medium has always stood out - marble. For the last 2,500 years, marble has been chosen for many of the greatest works of sculpture and architecture, from the Parthenon of Classical Greece to Michelangelo's Pietà and Washington D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial.
3 min |
December 2022
Rock&Gem Magazine
COLOR-THERAPY Gemstones
Designing Jewelry Based on the Healing Properties of Colors
3 min |
December 2022
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The Silver of POTOSI
Triumph, Tragedy & El Tío
6 min |
December 2022
Rock&Gem Magazine
CURVED RIDGES SHAPED TIPS
Complex carving with curved ridges and shaped tips can be daunting.
1 min |
December 2022
Rock&Gem Magazine
NIPOMO MARCASITE
Many of the digging locations for this marcasite are on private property. It was allowed at one point to collect with the owner's permission, but a few rockhounds ruined it for the rest by trespassing, trampling newly-grown crops, and opening and closing gates not allowing cattle to get to their water sources. As a result, this material hasn’t been dug for a few decades.”
3 min |
December 2022
Rock&Gem Magazine
PAIL Treasures!
From Gems to Fossils, Dig Them at Home
4 min |
December 2022
Rock&Gem Magazine
RV Rockhounding
ON THE ROAD WITH THAT CAMPING COUPLE
4 min |
December 2022
Rock&Gem Magazine
The Pleasures and Perils of Competitive Exhibiting
Competitive exhibiting offers lots of opportunities to earn awards through venues like club shows, county fairs, trade shows and Federation shows. Since 1995, I've been involved in competitive exhibiting from three perspectives: administering, judging and exhibiting. Here are my suggestions for best practices.
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