Rock minerals

Want to impress your friend with your rock knowledge? Here are 30 types of rocks that you ought to know to get you started.

Brief overview of various cleaning methods, their pros and cons, chemical and mechanical cleaning etc. See more in https://www.mineralexpert.org/article/mineral-cleaning-introduction

Learn how to identify rocks and mineral. With basic knowledge, pictures and charts, you can learn rock, mineral and crystal identification.

Rocks and minerals Scratch Test

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If you're struggling to find geodes near you we can help. We have put together a complete guide on where and how to find geodes that has helped tons of people!

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Every rockhound loves a good geode, and the best are those we’ve gathered ourselves. While it can be tempting to start busting every rock you find with a rock pick, you can usually tell before you attack. Geodes are a specific formation and can usually be identified by their round shape and bumpy texture. These reliable indicators don’t tell the whole story, however. So, let’s go a bit further and give you an overview of how to tell if a rock is a geode.

The Healing Gem | Crystal Shop on Instagram: "I thought making one of these for Obsidian would be fast! Instead I went down the obsidian rabbit hole and found way more types of Obsidian than I ever imagined existed!! 😅😂 Which one is your favorite? A few of these don’t have a meaning because they are rare and they posses the same qualities as some of the others like Black Obsidian. By just looking at the pictures what would you say are some of the properties of Double Flow, Triple Flow and…

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Here's an easy way to make rocks shiny! The best part is that you do not need to wait weeks for the tumbling process. That's right, no rock tumbler

Get to know the different types of jasper in this engaging article. You'll also see for yourself how unique each of them are through the photos here.

Selling your rock collection is not something that many of us rockhounds ever consider. But there's potentially quite a bit of money to be made selling rocks and minerals. Here's a few different ways that you can capitalize on your rock collecting hobby and making a little profit.

There's a whole world of crystals hidden inside unassuming rocks that are just waiting to be discovered! Watch how this guy EASILY exposed them and how you can too with stuff you've already got lying around the house!

Here is the list of the best rock and mineral identification apps that will help you identify the most common rocks on earth.