Rock&Gem Magazine
POPULAR PSEUDOMORPH MINERALS
More Than They Seem
7 min |
December 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Prehistoric Birds Take Flight and Pique Public Interest
Birds have really taken flight these past two decades—ancient birds, that is! A flurry of new research has led to a flurry of books with titles like Dinosaurs of the Air, The Mistaken Extinction: Dinosaur Evolution and the Origin of Birds, Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs, and The Rise of Birds, among others.
4 min |
December 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Uncommon Dinosaurs
Southern Continents Reveal Uncommon Giants
10+ min |
December 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
ZOISITE
A Massive Mineral Marked by Christmas- Like Color and Appeal
7 min |
December 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Odie House
A good friend, and wonderful artisan both lapidary and silversmith h, Odie is always fun to chat with. There is always something beautiful to see when Odie is in the “house.”
3 min |
December 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
PLEASING PYROPE
Italy’s Uniquely Valuable Variety of Garne
6 min |
December 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Joplin
Field Trip Findings: Gaining More Than Mineral Specimens
7 min |
December 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
GEOLOGY 101 Columnar Basalt
A distinctive volcanic structure found throughout the world has been given fanciful names: “Organ Pipes” in Namibia and Victoria, Australia; “Kilt Rock” and “Samson’s Ribs” in Scotland; “Giant’s Causeway” in Northern Ireland; “Thunderstruck Rocks” in Romania; “Devils Tower” in Wyoming and “Paul Bunyan’s Woodpile” in Utah, USA; the “Baigong Pipes” in China; and the “Cliff of Stone Plates” in Vietnam. High-resolution satellite images have even shown similar as-yet-unnamed structures on Mars.
1 min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
Premium Impact Driver and Drill
TID 18 IMPACT DRIVER & T 18+3 DRILL COMBO PACK Festool festoolusa.comPrice: $549
1 min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
Woodworking Accountant
An interview with furniture maker Peter Griffin
2 min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
WORKSHOP TIPS
WORKSHOP TIPS
2 min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
Mobile Assembly Table
Storage and utility in just the right size.
7 min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
Mill Brass & Aluminum with a CNC Router
Add a new dimension to your woodworking skills.
5 min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
Turn a Classic Wooden Bat
Learn how to beat the chatter.
7 min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
Hand Tool Starter Kit
For a long time, there were really only a couple options to get started using planes and other hand tools: shell out big bucks for new, premium-quality tools that are ready to cut out of the box or learn how to restore old tools before you ever take blade to wood.
1 min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
An Unusual Retirement
In Conversation with Plane Maker Karl Holtey
10+ min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
Vintage Pharmacy Cabinet
An Homage to the Past by Embracing the Present.
10+ min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
Milling Your Own Lumber
Whether a hobby or a small business, it's a woodworker's dream job.
10+ min |
December 2020
Popular Woodworking
Plans vs Proportions
Adapt a furniture plan with your eye.
8 min |
November 2020
Popular Woodworking
The Clear Spring School Workbench
A perfect platform for teaching woodworking to kids.
2 min |
November 2020
Popular Woodworking
Troubleshooting Planes
Practical solutions to common plane problems.
6 min |
November 2020
Popular Woodworking
Japanese Street Vendor Stool
This intriguing utilitarian design is at home most anywhere.
8 min |
November 2020
Popular Woodworking
Dragonfly Side Table
Angles and an artful inlay set this Arts & Crafts-inspired design apart.
10 min |
November 2020
Popular Woodworking
Hancock Shaker Village Daybed
Recreated from a photograph and measurements, this design feels both modern and timeless.
10+ min |
November 2020
Popular Woodworking
Router Carving
Ready-to-carve 3D images make it easy to produce finished machine carvings or hand tool ready roughouts.
4 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Sanding and Polishing Thundereggs
Two basic lapidary machines can be used to sand and polish thunderegg halves quickly. Both involve sanding the pieces dry.
2 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Studying Nature's Impact on Ancient Civilization and Tuning In Online to Make Sense of Meteorites
Okmok. In remote Alaska. A strange name and a strange place for what some scientists and historians now say caused the downfall of the Roman Republic and the Egyptian Ptolemaic Kingdom shortly after the demise of Julius Caesar.
3 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
San Diego Mineral & Gem Society & Museum
CELEBRATING, SHOWCASING, AND PRESERVING NATURAL AND COMMUNITY HISTORY
10+ min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
THE SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM Hot Pink Tourmalines, Kunzites & Fossils
At the famous Balboa Park in San Diego, just south of the San Diego Mineral and Gem Society & Museum, is the San Diego Natural History Museum (SDNHM) — or the Nat as the locals call it. SNDNHM is one of the most significant natural history museums in the country.
4 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
PATRIOTIC PRIDE
Exploring Jerry Muchna’s Salute to America in Faceted Quartz
7 min |