Rocks that indicate life on Mars is possible. Bizarre discovery in amber. Colorful Shale & slate. Stone hunt for kids & adults in Illinois Lizzardo Museums of lapidary art. And more! Radicalrocksusa.blogspot.com thank you and remember rockhounds don’t die they petrified!

Today we go over a fairly in-depth lapidary shop stock products list. Some of the things we look at our adhesives epoxies waxes jewelry Glooze chemicals we look at detergents fuel gases Sullivans other useful products that can help make life better and easier in your lapidary shop. Download the list at radicalrocksusa.blogspot .com thank you and remember rockhounds don’t die they petrify.

Today we look at all things rocks gems and lapidary in the news. How about a major gold discovery. How about a new fabulous gemstone discovery. More fossils discovered. Mining rights protected in one state. How rock in gem clubs are dealing with the sickness and keeping their fundraising going. Educational and rockhound summer camp for adults and children. Subscribe to our blog and our social media all links can be found on any blog at radicalrocksusa.blogspot.com Thank you and remember rockhounds don’t die they petrify.

Yooperlights A modern day discovery of a new fluorescent mineral. They glow! He tells us the story of discovering them and how they have been named his history what he’s doing now. It is really helped rock hounding in the Great Lakes area in a big way. Google or search “Yooperlite” and his social media pops up, yooperlites.com and see our links at the bottom of any blog at radicalrocksusa.blogspot.com remember rockhounds don’t die they petrify.

Today we look at grading turquoise we talk about the two main sections of grading turquoise with each of them having four categories for a total of eight categories. We go in depth and come up with some values for your turquoise. See & print the charts at radicalrocksusa.blogspot.com thank you and remember rockhounds don’t die they petrify!

Today we talk about lost continent found. we talk about arctic gold mining, we talk about the solution to global co2, we talk about Iowa’s rarest stone, we look at the Vug and queen conch pearls, we look at Jade. mining and we take a look at rock and gem news. Be a part of the community all links on the bottom of every blog at radicalrocksusa.blogspot.com remember rockhounds don’t die they petrify!

Today we look at turquoise grading it and finding out how much it’s worth how to evaluate. This is a two-part series that goes into the TQI or turquoise quality index we look specifically at the three charts of color evaluation and the two charts of the matrix evaluation. The charts can be found at our blog radicalrocksusa.blogspot.com remember rockhounds don’t die they petrify!

We talk about all the great geodes in gyms and minerals that you can find at the Hauser beds and the Wiley’s Well District. We’ve got pictures of all the goodies at our blog radicalrocksusa.blodspot.com we even have a crude map you can use to find spots. Lots of great links and even a geode cracking kit if you don’t have the time to go out there. Remember rockhounds don’t die the petrified!

Today we look at some interesting things in the news when it comes to gems and minerals. Deming New Mexico USA is having a rock round up near the state rock hounding park. We talk about some fossils giant ones cockroaches! We talk about some new minerals that are rare earth opening up to my name in the US we talk about mining the bottom of the ocean and other cool rock gem and lapidary topics. Support rock hounding and check out our links at the bottom of our blog at radicalrocksusa.blogspot.com remember rockhounds don’t die they petrify Thank you

Today we talk about Arizona what a great state for rocks and minerals. Arizona is definitely the king of turquoise we talk a little bit about that we talk about the geology we talk about petrified wood peridot amethyst Garnet Jim silica fire agate Apache tears and other wonderful Gemstones it could be found in Arizona. Support Rockhounding radicalrocksusa.blogspot.com