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 |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Marvelous Micromounts
TURNING TO “MICROS” FOR A UNIQUE EXPLORATION AND APPRECIATION OF ABUNDANT MINERALS IN FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY
7 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
JOHN SINKANKAS
Award-Winning Mineralogist, Gemologist, Mentor, and Military Veteran
8 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Diane's Oval
One of the many benefits of being a lapidary artist is the opportunity to spend time doing something you love to create one-of-a-kind art and jewelry to sell to someone who finds it enchanting or to give as a gift to someone special. It’s a win-win, whatever the reason or result.
3 min |
November 2020
Rock&Gem Magazine
Bluebird Chrysocolla
Bluebird Chrysocolla comes from an old copper mine in Gila County, Arizona.
2 min |
November 2020
COINage Magazine
U.S. MINT BULLION SALES SKYROCKETED 2,000%
GOLD ROSE TO OVER $ 2,074 PER TROY OUNCE IN AUGUST 2020
4 min |
October - November 2020
COINage Magazine
Hot On the Heels of Coin Dealers Peddling Fakes; Rare Coin Market Weathering Pandemic Well
Acting on a tip from the Anti- Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (www.ACEFonline. org), federal and local California law enforcement agents now are investigating the attempted sale of $400,000 of counterfeit coins including a fake example of the historic 1879 Coiled Hair gold $4 “Stella” that brought $300,000 at auction last year. The seller also is a suspect in an earlier case involving fakes, according to Doug Davis, director of the ACEF Anti- Counterfeiting Task Force (ACTF).
5 min |
October - November 2020
COINage Magazine
The Market's Fine, What About The Hobby?
Mentoring May Be Missing With Pandemic Problems
2 min |