Stones & Stories

Manganese in clear quartz produces the beautiful shades of pinkish lavender to deep purple. The name comes from a Greek word which translates literally as “not drunken”. Amethyst is [...]

So to prove I’m a stone junkie, I am digging back into my childhood. I was 16; my brother was 13; close to 38 years ago.  My brother got a gray Geode as a gift from a Science teacher that lived [...]

Why decorate with natural stone? Even the most ardent city dweller is attracted to nature. Busy city streets are lined with trees and flowers to remind us that there is a natural world beyond the [...]

About a year ago, I was visiting a friend and admiring their new granite counter. The counter was Brazilin with big chunks of off white Feldspar offset by long spears of Tourmaline. Before [...]

Alberta (OR SASKATCHEWAN), Canada Baculites inhabited marine environments during the late cretaceous period, from 99 to 65 million years ago, and are closely related the more commonly seen [...]

Location of mineral deposit: Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States Description: Quartz crystals have been collected from the area around Hot Springs, Arkansas since the mid 1800’s. The actual [...]