I am look for formulas to cleaning quartz and calcite crystals. I have heard Boric acid and other acids can be used to clean the staining and discolored...
Need some help here. I've been making a few art knives with lapidary inlays and carved wooden handles. Last week I started a new design with a handle made ...
Hello All, Just posted some Pictures of our dig at the Opal Mountain. Hope you all enjoy them. My family and I had a blast. We are looking foward to our next...
This morning, bright and early, I joined internet faceter friend Robert Winfield and his daughter Allie for a day at the Ocean View Mine. We drove up Highway...
Recently a friend of mine and I took a trip to the Hauser Geode Beds. We are new to collecting and had no luck. We have been reading about the location in...
HelloCan anybody help please ? I have some Willemite that I used a black lite on and nothing happened. Is there a difference between a black lite and a U.V....
... No, other than a UV light is something someone who knows more about the issue would ask for. And there might be a chance that you could get a UV light...
There is a C.F.M.S. Field Trip schedueled for June 24th 2007 by one of our Co-Op sister clubs Lone Pine Gem and Mineral Club To go to the Cerro Gordo Mineing...
Friends and I had the fun to recently travel to West Arizona to dig for Gem Silica Chrysocolla. This is where the Chrysocolla gets into the quartz to make it...
EVENT: Don't forget and miss this one-of-a-kind event that allows for hands-on oppertunity to see and use some of the newest and best tools and equipment for...
I think I have figured out Yahoo. Declare a photo album public and no photos are public unless set individually. But, set all photos public and the folder...
I apologize. In my answer, I forgot all about short-wave. As a casual collector, I don't play with shortwave and completely forgot about that aspect....
I had the opportunity recently to go offroading into Afton Canyon in search of the Afton Sagenites. What I found was quite unexpected. Coming back and doing a...
Greetings, Bob Verish has invited the CCRMC and friends to a special meteorite search in AZ, between Needles and Kingman, off route I40. We will be meeting...
I think I've assembled enough variations of Mojave Blue to dispel the notion that it is just a fortification type of chalcedony only from Tehachapi. The photo...
I have had the opportunity to find an unusual agate that I call a "Stony Agate". I would define it as a seam agate with suspended basalt stones in the agate...
Ive picked many rocks similar to the ones in the photos. Im wondering how many meteorites Ive tossed back on the ground. What exactly identifies them as...
To all interested rockhounds: Bill Walsh, former member of the South Bay Lapidary and Mineral Society, is liquidating most of his collection of fire agate....
I'm passing this information along to those that may be interested. Feel free to pass it on to others. These are wonderful programs - very interesting and...
Hello all, I'm new to the hobby of rock collecting. My question is, if any one can suggest which make and size of rock cutter, lap or polisher is a good on to...
Help the bees in the desert, if you can. On rockhounding trips to the desert you will see me leaving small container of water for the local bees. Or a large...
Column: Shooting Dead Horses Jean-Claude Gerard Koven ReligionAndSpirituality.com April 3, 2007 Last week I received an email from a friend reporting a sudden,...
I'm still selling my 1995 Suburban. It's in great shape. 4WD;454 v8; 8 passenger;blue outside and inside;cruise control; heavy tow package;40 gallon...
Hi folks, I'm new to this group, but a longtime romancer of Benitoite, my favorite mineral. My name is Rick Kennedy and I have been to the mine five times...
I thought some of you might find this interesting as I came accross this website. Check out the Beryl that is 3 meters long! Also interesting is the picture...
Jesse, My first advice is to find a rock club in (or reasonably near) your area that has a working rock shop (a place where members can use the club...
Loving this Co-op idea. Enjoyed yet another great day with rockhounds from several different clubs last weekend. Thanks to Al & Emma from the OBMS for...
Greetings all, I just posted some pics of recent finds at the Benitoite Gem Mine in the photos section. Anyone else who has made finds, please feel free to...
I have just moved to El Mirage Ca. Anybody know much about the mountains around the dry lake bed. Someone told me they are rare, caused by earthquakes. Any...
