Rough Rock

This is a sweet piece of Amethyst from the town of Kalomo in southern Zambia. It's NE of Livingstone on the main road/railway line to Lusaka. It's home to the Batonga people and the Namwianga Mission. ...

This mineral forms in cavities and in veins of basaltic and other rocks. In the copper deposits of Michigan, it was formed mainly as an intermediate mineral of the ore stage of copper. It is present in most amygdaloids,...

The Bullion Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert southeast of the city of Barstow. The mountain range stretches for approximately 50 miles in a northwest-southeasterly direction north of Joshuha...

Another fine stone from Australia. It has a greenish background color with contrasting eyes. As with many jasper's, this material is believed to actually be a form of rhyolite that has been silicified into a more jasper-like...

This is an agate/Jasper from Utah that's great for cabbing, or just a great specimen to look at. -WET pic.-(1 lb. 6 oz.) end cut  no fractures...

This is another great jasper from Mexico that has a cool starburst pattern. It is not a true jasper in the fact that it is softer that a 7 in the hardness scale but with that in mind, finished items are quite nice...

These agates were mined in the 70's not long after Botswana Agate jumped into the proverbial rock frenzy that was in full swing at that time. They can be red, blue and white and an occasional...

This picture jasper comes from the Owyhee Mountain Range on the Idaho/Oregon Border. It's got a stormy sky.  -WET pic.-(3"x 2"/1.6 oz./5mm thk) no...

All you are a Michigander beach comber, check your Petoskeys because that gray, honeycomb-patterned rock you picked up may not be a Petoskey stone. It could be a Charlevoix stone. A type of fossilized coral...

This River is over 400 miles long and cuts through central Idaho draining water from the banks of this sparsely inhabited area the whole way. It is one of the largest rivers in the continental United States without a...