QUESTION OF THE MONTH

FIELD NOTES

WHAT DO THE GREEK GOD NEPTUNE AND THE

UNIQUE TS UMEB NAMIBIA

PART ONE

Volcanoes Continue to Capture Headlines

The Lava Lake inside the Volcanic Crater at

A Different Decoration From the Back

Many of my previous monthly articles have featured

7 Questions With Jim Brace-Thompson

Editor’s Note: As part of our year-long

Easy Pickins’ at Australia’s Agate Creek

Asa member of a few Australian Facebook fossicking

“PETOSKEY STONE” Michigan’s State Stone

The Hexagonaria coral (actually Hexagonaria percarinata) is commonly called “Petoskey Stone.”

MINERALS TO BEWARE OF Myrickite

Some venomous snakes and stinging wasps and bees

EVOLUTION AND EXPANSION OF AN INDUSTRY-LEADER

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

NEPTUNITE

Benitoite’s Uncommon Partner

SOCIAL MEDIA SIGHTS

What Do You See? Each week on the

Nafplio Archeological Museum

Bronze Age Jewelry Rival Contemporary Designs

Rockhounding Characters and Stories Galore

Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of

SMITHSON, SMITHSONITE, AND THE SMITHSONIAN

Smithsonite, or zinc carbonate, is a favorite among

Show Dates

TO VIEW LATER CALENDAR DATES VISIT OUR SITE

Hell’s Canyon Petrified Wood

The elusive Hell’s Canyon Petrified Wood has been

American Museum’s New Hall is a Must-See Treasure

This is just one area visitors see as

EUCLASE

ROCKS, MINERALS AND JEWELRY

SHAKESPEARE’S GEMSTONES

Elizabethan Gems; Literal and Literary