Category Archives: rocks and lapidary
Getting Ready for Quartzsite
Quartzsite is a small town in the Arizona desert that each year plays host to rock and gem enthusiasts from all over the world. These rockhounds, prospectors, and lapidary people come to meet hundreds of vendors selling everything rock and … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, flea markets, gem, history museum, mineral, QIA Pow Wow, Quartzsite, rock, Rock&Gem Magazine, winter in the desert
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Goldfield Gemfield Gem Claims Update
My second article for Rock & Gem Magazine was on the Gemfield Gem claims (internal link) outside of Goldfield, Nevada. The claims are a major source of fine chalcedony. Sharon Artlip, one of the two claim owners, now has a … Continue reading
Lost and Found in T.S. Eliot
My book is about rockhounding and prospecting in the Southwestern United States. At its heart is exploring. In peppering my book with quotations, I’ll have some thoughts from people who have wandered the world. But all that exploring may come … Continue reading
New Post At SouthwestRockhounding.com
Going to Tucson this February to see The Big Show? Better read this post: https://southwestrockhounding.com/2018/12/15/tucson-and-parking/
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Tagged gem and mineral show, parking, the big show, traffic, Tucson
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The Tonopah Historic Mining Park
The Tonopah Historic Mining Park Foundation has begun fund raising to physically secure what’s known as the Silver Top Headframe, one of three located at the Mining Park. A headframe is the signature feature of any large mine, permitting the … Continue reading
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Tagged Central Nevada Museum, gold and silver strike, Historic Mining Park Foundation, Hometown Pizza, Mizpah Hotel, Reno to Las Vegas, rural nevada, Tonopah, tonopah historic mining park, US 95, Whitney's Bookshelf
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A Jumble of Colors from a Six Dollar Rock
These are extremely small vanadinite crystals, barely forming a red haze in a seemingly featureless six dollar rock from Arizona. Under the microscope, they present a wealth of red, with a few showing vanadinite’s true hexagonal crystals. Click on the … Continue reading
