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Precious Metal Clay Sand Dollar Craft

Admin - November 26, 2025

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The Norville University of Arizona mineral museum.

Mineral Museum Gifts: How To Help

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Mineral Museum Gifts: How To Help

Admin - November 26, 2025

Mineral museum gifts are a way for the mineral-collecting community to support these institutions so vital to our field. Most are financed by a...

Gifts for Rock Collectors: Holiday Favorites

November 25, 2025

Gifts for Rockhounds: Top Ideas

November 25, 2025

Grape Agate: A Food Look-Alike Mineral

November 20, 2025

Specimen of Manakarra grape agate with secondary coating of druze quartz

Manakarra Grape Agate: Colors & Mining

November 20, 2025

Herkimer Diamonds: Origins & Sites

Admin - September 11, 2025

Herkimer diamonds may look like cut gemstones, but these naturally formed, double-terminated quartz crystals are found in only a few places—most famously in Herkimer...

meling silver for making jewelry at home

Making Jewelry with Melted Silver

Admin - November 10, 2025

Making jewelry at home by melting silver is a basic skill that can be used to recycle scrap silver into handmade jewelry. Sea glass...

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Guide to Purple Crystals and Gemstones

July 31, 2025

Top 10 Orange Rocks and Gemstones

July 29, 2025

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