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SHOP our Mineral Mine to purchase one of our hand-picked
Arkansas crystals on multi-colored LED light bases. Crystal
points and clusters from Arkansas are world famous for their clarity and
beauty. These make a beautiful and unusual gift or addition to any rockhound's
collection!
SHOP page 2 of our Mineral Mine to see our collection of Thundereggs
and Geodes for sale, which we collected in New Mexico. They
are world-famous for their wonderful variety of color, and formations
containing agates, druze quartz, opals, and rare spectacular crystal coated
Stalactites.
Read the latest and final report, from our fellow rockhound in Iraq: Yonis Lone Eagle's Rockhounding at its Extreme. We first met Yonis, several years ago, at a week-long rockhounding campout at Apache Creek, New Mexico. The campout was arranged by the Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies. He has been an active member of the El Paso Gem & Mineral Club for a considerable number of years and we found him to be helpful and very knowledgeable about many different types of rocks. Little did we know then, that he was in the Army Reserves and would be called upon to perform his courageous duty in Iraq. Ron's latest page on Prospector's Corner: Virgin Valley, Nevada Opals - a place featured on the Travel Channel's Best Places to find Cash and Treasure, hosted by Becky Worley. Find out if everybody can find great opals.
Ron's best find on Prospector's Corner showcases The Big Luna which is a 62 lb Geode he found by accident. This huge geode is filled with gorgeous orchid colored druse quartz crystals. It has been sold to a collector in Germany and now resides in a private museum there Tales of our prospecting for precious gems and minerals are included in our Prospector's Corner pages. Here you will find articles on our hunt for Geodes in the Deming, New Mexico area; our trips to Washington Camp in the Patagonia Mountains south of Tucson; plus Prospector Ron's article 'What Breed of Dog is a Rockhound?'our search for Wulfenite at the Total Wreck Mine in the Empirita Mountains; We recently added another page about our latest trip to the Baker Lode Geode Mine, near Deming, NM. HMGC Field Trip to Baker Lode Geode Mine.
We are proud to display photos of original paintings, wallhangings and Pueblo scenes
by Gary Lee Brinker, exhibited in our Southwest Art Gallery. We will
be adding more from his legacy and hope eventually, to be able to have
prints available.
Many other features of our site include tips on Desert
Safety; How to determine the various hardness
of rocks using Mohs Scale of Hardness and other simple tests;
Household
Hints on Care of
Granite and Marble countertops and floors:
plus news of the
mining industry. Our
travel pages include destinations in Arizona and Cochise
County In the aftermath of devastation from Hurricane Katrina
and other natural disasters last year, we are mindful of the importance
of being prepared for such. We have added a page on
Disaster Preparedness in the
hope it will be of use to our visitors.
We update our pages frequently! So add us to your favorites and come
back and visit us often to see what's new!
(A Division of Sierra Creations - P. O. Box 914, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636) RockRoost website creators: Juliet Dobosz and the late Ron Burgess |