Beautiful blue and black agatized coral I found recently in FL. It has beautiful blue botryoidal inside, some of the best quality I’ve found.

7.8 pounds neweaukem river. Self collected

Got it off marketplace, had table legs it sat on top of but that doesn’t work in my house for safety reasons! How can I display this beauty??

This is an 18-carat tsavorite garnet that I recently got from an ebay auction! I love the green hues that chromium gives these types of garnets.

Hello everyone! I have about 1000 self collected crystals and rocks. I’ve cleaned them with brushes, water picks, etc… But I’ve always wanted to try iron out or muriatic acid, or other things suggested. But I’ve read about these being hard to dispose of. I live in a top floor apartment but have the means to do this at a house. My question is, how do you dispose of the liquid after? I’d assume it can’t go down a drain, in the trash, or outdoors. How the heck do you dispose of acid?

I love this little rock I found, and I want to make it into a pendant. When it dries the blue becomes dull. I want it to look like it does when it’s wet. How would you go about doing this? I am brand new at this :)

Needing help finding locations in Washington State! Anyone know any great places that are accessible to the public? Private ones are cool as well as long as they’re not expensive. I’m new to the hobby as I only went to Hansen Creek for some Quartz! Just wondering if there’s any other beginner locations and the information on them! Thank you!!!

My babies

Santa brought my son a rock tumbler for Christmas and we have been getting into looking for rocks when we hike... since mushrooms are out of season. We are in Upstate South Carolina, and all we have really found are quartz, iron stained quartz, and mica. This morning though, we took a quick walk down to the pond to throw a lure before school, looked down, and this was just laying there. I thinks it's agate because when I hold my phone flashlight up to the back I can see the light shining/defusing through. Can't wait to get it in the tumbler and see what we've got.

I am a total amateur when it comes to mineral specimens but I bought this raw celestite chunk and I was wondering if it was possible to clean up? There are grey / white parts around the edges and running through the piece that look like they were maybe broken (or maybe it’s just rock). Is this just part of the specimen or is it possible to remove these parts by either chemical or physical means in order to expose more of the blue celestite crystals? I appreciate any advice / info you can give me. Thanks!!

I have lots more pieces and photos. I brought back an over loaded 5 gallon bucket. The large heart piece is 22 pounds!

Hey all, I hope you're well! I'm trying to plan a rockhounding trip and was wondering where I could fly out, grab a hotel, then go take a walk and look for pretty things. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for inexpensive areas I could visit and just explore.

I know it's a very general post, but that's because I'm not sure where to start! As a black woman I get a little nervous just showing up places I'm not familiar with, but I'm so down for an adventure ♡

I would love to find fossils/petrified wood, jaspers, and any sorts of minerals and crystals that may be UV. Thank you all for reading!

This specimen was found in a creek. I lightly pressure washed it, soaked in dawn dish soap, and scrubbed.

Should I try iron out? I’ve never done it but from research seems the most user friendly option vs acids. I just don’t think it’s rust.

But I was going to try iron out soak, neutralize, soak in water, do some more scrubbing then use mineral oil?

I adore this.

It's all jasper and chalcedony. If you want to say they are something more specific, cool. Bonus river clean up Pic also.

I found this insanely translucent mineral on my walk to the store in Saline County, Arkansas a little over a year ago. Most would probably assume this is Quartz, and that is probably the case, but something about it feels different. I was almost positive it was Topaz until I learned how rarely it appears in the state. Doesn’t appear to take scratches from quartz. A fluke quartz out of concrete? Probably, haha. It’s close to 200 carats and has the coolest inclusions. Tried my best, but the photos don’t do it justice.