Size : 125 mm x 69 mm x 56 mm

Total Weight : 802 Gram

Origin : Badakhshan Afghanistan

Such an interesting story about Reese McCallum, who is a rock collector and museum owner, at 11 years old!

I was excited to find this. It initially had debris in the hole so at first glance I wasn’t sure if it was a hagstone, but despite the little lump, it is! I am unsure what kind of rock it is though.

River side lava flow in southern Oregon

maybe it’s been in the oven for a bit too long

Hi, I recently received this large chunk of pyrite but after cleaning it up I realized it had all of this greenish stuff on it. Googling it, I learned about pyrite decay but I keep seeing conflicting answers on how I might be able to deal with it. This is my first time dealing with anything like this and I really hope there's something I can do, it really is a gorgeous stone 😭

Are rocks allowed to be wet forever? Or will they get soft.

My dad's silver wire in quarts he found many years ago by one of the mines in Kongsberg, Norway.

Thought you guys would like it:) Its about 5cm in lenght. Also, my dad did ask if anyone knew the price it would sell for?

He's so perfect and charming.

found this while digging for shells in the ocean with my feet LOL. At first of course I thought it was a fossilized shark tooth but no… just nature making it look exactly like one.

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What type of rock is this?

Large Chevkinite specimen from Tangir District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Size:

324 grams 7x4x6 cm

A crystal that seemingly contains a snapshot of itself from an earlier time…

Our guide at Wegner Quartz Crystal Mines in Mount Ida, Arkansas, gave me this small piece of phantom quartz after we spent a while chatting about his life as a lifelong rockhound and miner. Phantoms like this form when material coats a crystal partway through its growth, then more quartz grows over it, preserving that earlier outline inside. Basically, a ghostly vestige of its past. How cool is that?!

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