Occasionally, when I or anyone else in the local mineral collecting community has time, or an interesting topic, or some long-form thing they would like to share, you’ll find it below! Please get in touch with us if you have an article you’d like to see on the website!
Articles
Polishing slabs
Seen some of the badly polished, uneven or generally dull slices and slabs out there? Want to slab an agate, or a pretty piece of rough rock to add to your mineral collection and heard all the advice and still struggling? Here’s, what I hope is, a more or less definitive guide..
Mineral cleaning
Some brief thoughts, and sort of what I get up to, when it comes to cleaning mineral specimens, gemstones and the like. A brief overview of the methods, tools and chemicals I use!
Mineral identification
Ever wanted, or needed, to get your minerals identified beyond just a visual “look see”? heard about things like XRD, or SEM, and don’t know where to start? read this!
Selling your mineral collection
So you’ve discovered our site and community, and are trying to move on an old collection you inherited, or things you collected years ago that are sitting in boxes – A few thoughts shared here!
