Radical Rocks

Yooperlights The article and photos below were copied with permission from Erik Rintamaki. Copy rights fully endorsed. Radical Rocks links below. Erik Rintamaki May 17, 2018  ·  Brimley, MI My discovery of Yooperlites is now official and in publication. If you would like to order a copy they are available for $3 from  www.mineralnews.com  just click  on May 2018 The following is the initial copy of the article. Enjoy and thank you to everyone for all of the support!! A NEW FIND OF FLUORESCENT SODALITE FROM MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA Raymond Laughlin 513 Iron Street Norway, Michigan 49870 Shawn M. Carlson 245 Jule Lake Road Crystal Falls, Michigan 49920 Travis A. Olds Washington State University School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Sloan Hall Room 201 Pullman, Washington 99164 Owen P. Mills Applied Chemical and Morphological Analysis Laboratory Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton,...

Radical Rocks and their Amazing Stories! We will go over a list of 10 radical rocks and their stories. What makes a rock radical? It could be that it is one of a kind, but I guess they are all one of a kind. So, it could be that it is the largest, the rarest, highest quality, or it could be the story that the rock comes with? Radical rocks will be gemstones in this article, however radical rocks are of all sorts in my world. They may be the plain black tourmaline crystal my daughter found in the yard, or the one of a kind geodes I found at the Hauser bed. Or maybe it’s the one in the yard that my grandmother picked up in Boron, or the New Mexico Geode my Mom picked up at a trading post because she knew I loved rocks. Let’s dig into this incredible list of radical rocks. (Links and references below along with our links and free Rock & Gem group) 1.The Black Orlov The Black Orlov was found in the 1800s in India, it was cushion cut to 67.50 carat, and it is a deep dark gu...

Arkansas Rocks Gems & Minerals Arkansas is a great state for rocks and minerals and yes gemstones. Not only that but there’s more Arkansas is a great place for fossils some of the big ones such as the Mammoth and saber- tooth cat.   What about Diamonds, yes there here for you to dig up! Other rock a gemstone include agate, amber amethyst, garnets, a few meteorites, onyx, freshwater pearls, turquoise, quartz and quartz crystals. In 1995 Arkansas was the 3 rd largest gemstone producer in the US, producing nearly $5 million dollars’ worth of gemstones. Other notable rocks and minerals include bauxite, novaculite and vanadium ore. We will look at some of these rocks gems and minerals and provide links to guidebooks at the bottom of the article, and references and links for you to check out if you like. Radical Rocks links, for podcast, video’s and Facebook group also below. Agate Agate found usually is banded with shades of yellow orange and tan due to iron influences, ...

Rock & Lapidary Unusual Ideas, How to Guide If you’re a rockhound or lapidary person, you likely have made a cabochon or polished a rock with some sort of material or with a rock tumbler. But have you ever wondered what else can you make or create with those rocks, well I have? With that in mind we have created a list of ideas, some you may have heard of, some that are not so well know, some that I came up with and some that were from our Facebook Radical Rocks Group members. We would love to hear your ideas and thoughts links below. Let’s rock and roll into the ideas! Antler and Bone decorations: credit to Adam King Arrow Heads & Spheres ; usually this is done by Knapping or a chipping technique. If this appeals to you do some research on Knapping. Bible Story display ; This could be any gemstones rocks or minerals from the bible. The rocks could be placed in a display such as is used for miniature, such as a printed draw mounted on a wall, or just glued to a backin...