As its name suggests, you can find all kinds of rocks at The Rock Shop, but the new store in Homewood offers so much more. There are, of course, the rocks. “We have rocks that range from $1 to $3,000, ...

The metaphysical shop Dublin Rocks & Minerals came out of owner Abdul Qadir's experience in the mountains of Afghanistan. Qadir, 38, currently of Dublin and a native of Afghanistan, is a former combat ...

Minerals, crystals, and fossils are beautiful, geologically fascinating, and can aid in spiritual practices, with specimens from all over the world found at area rock shops. Whether you're really into ...

When my friend, a massage therapist, learned I was pregnant last winter, he gifted me a stunning large, clear piece of quartz he had bought during a recent crystal-foraging trip to Brazil. I welcomed ...

There’s gold in them there hills! That clearly seems to be the case in the hills of the High Desert, judging by the amount of mining that still goes on in the area. Avid prospectors can find all the ...

NORTH ADAMS — Enter Larry Michon's accounting office and it immediately becomes clear what he does on the weekends. Crystal clear. Garnets, amethyst, fluorite and quartz are a few of the minerals that ...

Fall Rock Swap and Open House. When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Where: D.W. Correll Museum, 19934 E. Pine St. in Catoosa. Event highlights 1. Eric Hamshar, director of the D.W. Correll Museum, said ...

Southern Arizona has numerous sites known for their pyroxene minerals, from Twin Buttes south of Tucson, to Ajo, to the Chiricahua, Santa Rita and Patagonia mountain ranges. Pyroxenes are classified ...

Pune: A wide range of rocks, crystals, minerals and fossils are on display at the newly-developed 'Geology Museum', where people can not just view but also touch and handle these rare exhibits. The ...

A.K. Miles of Salem spent summers as a little girl traveling the Pacific Northwest with her grandparents, collecting rocks and helping her great-grandfather cut and polish them in his lapidary shop.