New: lapidaryAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917zzansteemhive-166405hive-183959hive-180932hive-185836photographyhive-183397uncommonlabhive-150122hive-144064hive-101145hive-188619krsuccessbitcoinhive-193637hive-184714hive-145157hive-139150hive-103599lifehive-180301TrendingNewHotLikersroswellrockman (59)in geology • 5 years agoAnother ugly green rockIn early November, we picked up another massive collection. In the collection was this ugly green rock. After careful examination though, I noticed fine crystals, cleavages, and blue…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 5 years agoAnother rock collection and more rocks.Well, it's been another crazy few weeks.. Now I've got a few stories to post if I can find the time. We've picked up several collections And I will try to post a little of each over the next…vgholdingsllc (65)in ssglife • 6 years agoRocks Rock!!! 🤘I collect silver, coins and bullion....but I also really like collecting rocks! I was looking through some of the rocks we found last summer, for any that would be good for polishing. These were…kimmysomelove42 (58)in colorchallenge • 6 years agoColor Challenge Sunday Purple🌎💚 This is Earth's natural purple, with a tint of Indigo Blue streaks in it. This was a rough chunk of Holy Blue Oregon Agate I cut and polished. It was definitely a practice piece with using all the…roswellrockman (59)in lapidary • 6 years agoA new batch of knapped knivesOur store just got a new batch of hand knapped knives. It may be the last from this gentleman. I don't normally post about new inventory but these were just too cool not to. They made by a…rt395 (65)in fridaysrock • 6 years agoFriday's Rock! Mexican OpalAnother Friday, another opal! This is a Mexican Fire Opal, also known as Mexican Jelly Opal. This is one of my favorite opals. The colors put me in a positive state of mind when I look at it and…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 6 years agoDisaster cleanup!!!Now that the Play and the Holidays are over, we can focus on cleaning our disaster area. The following are pics of the lapidary/ Storage room. The latter being more the case. Slowly, over the…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 6 years agoDon't get caught up in the web rock!As you may have noticed from previous posts, we get quite a few strange if not downright ugly rocks in our store. But even the ugly rocks have a story that can be interesting. We have a whole shelf…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 6 years agoCalcite or melted plasticAlong with the last ugly rock that I posted about: this piece was brought in. To the naked eye, it again just looks like an ugly rock. Most people would just walk on by and not give it a second…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 6 years agoMore strange & ugly rocksI had some more strange/ ugly rocks brought int our store this week . This is a close up of a rock that is strikingly similar to the ones I did six and seven posts ago. Again, to the naked eye…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 6 years agoOpals or glassI'm still finding interesting rocks going through the inventory. This little batch was in with some Amazonite and Chrysocola. At first glance, I thought they were broken shards of slag glass.…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 6 years agoAnother really cool micro-crystalWhile I was going through another flat of rocks I purchased, I discovered yet another unique and interest mineral. Unfortunately the camera doesn't do it justice. It actually looks fuzzy and…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 6 years agoWhat do YOU see?I received a comment on my last post from @ludmila.kariokou. She sees a dog in the first photo. After a close look I saw it too. This inspired me to do a short post about what you can see in rocks.…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 6 years agoA larger version of the ugly rockI've had a couple people ask if I knew what kind of rock in my last post was. I believe it is a hematite aggregate. I found a larger version which I now post. It is massively larger than the…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 6 years agoStill another ugly rock?We recently had another street purchase that yielded yet another ugly but interesting rock. It was not very appealing and I told the person I wasn't interested. He asked if I knew what it was…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 7 years agoTrinititeWe used to sell Trinitite at our store. As the picture shows; it is fused sand from the first atomic test blast in Trinity New Mexico. We had quite a bit of it, but in 2017 we had a run of…galacticstone (48)in meteorites • 7 years agoA Guide to Cutting Stony MeteoritesBefore we begin, I want to give a little background on my own cutting, so this will give some context to the tips and pointers I am going to offer below. I use a Lortone Rock Rascal 6-inch…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 7 years agoA Jekyll & Hyde Crystal clusterOccasionally I encounter a crystal cluster with two faces. Such is the case with this cluster. Rarely do you find a specimen with two different crystal structures on opposite sides of the same…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 7 years agoAnother ugly rock?In the continuation of minerals that cannot be seen with the naked eye, I have found others in our store that are interesting under the stereoscope. The following are two diamond clusters. The…roswellrockman (59)in geology • 7 years agoAnother ugly duckling.I'm rearranging the store today. I came across this little selenite cluster that is kind of an ugly duckling of sorts. Selenite is crystallized Gypsum. Gypsum starts out as a white sand like…
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