stone stories

Agate, Jasper, and friends
Microcrystalline quartz comes in many colors and is known by many names.

Amazonite
a distinctive colored microcline, a k-rich feldspar

Basalt
In 2018, all eyes are on the erupting volcanic magmas of Hawaii – rivers, fountains, and vertical plumes – all producing a dark, fine-grained rock known as basalt.
Corundum

Fossils
Fossils – the evidence of life over time.

Garnet
Garnets are one of earth’s great travelers!
Iolite
Odd Rocks
Opal
Opal is silica, just like quartz, agate, jasper and other silica minerals. However, opal does not have a crystaline structure, but is made up of tiny amorphous balls – lined up and organized to various degrees.
Quartz
Quartz by any other name….rose, smoky, amethyst, citrine…..
Rhodonite
A rose-pink silicate mineral
Serpentine
This fine grain, banded serpentine rock is commercially known as riccolite, commonly used as an ornamental stone in building.