Jack’s Rock Blog

We have just finished adding 178 new Worry Stones to the store. Worry Stones, in general, are the red-headed stepchildren of the mineral world. Manufacturers most often take the worst of the worst material and turn it into Worry Stones. One can often walk into a tourist rock shop and find a basket of them selling for only...

We have to give a real big thank you to our friend Mark who provided us with these specimens, which are some of the most amazing stones that we have ever had the privilege to offer. He showed up at the fall Denver show with slices/slabs of the mineral Olivine from Oregon. Olivine is found in some meteorites, and also...

For those of you who may have thought that Kathi and I had fallen off the face of the Earth, that, fortunately, is not the case. Because of surgeries earlier in the year, as well as other medical issues, we have been slow in addressing the needs of the website, and apologize to all of our clients who have been waiting so...

We have just added 424 pouches of new tumbled stones, covering 35 mineral varieties, to the website. The majority of these new additions are stones that we have never had before, so this is a really special addition for us. I will put an * on all of the new varieties and noteworthy additions to existing listings. Also, I...

We are really excited to let you know about the following new additions to our Kathi's Krystals website. Iris Agate - WITH VIDEOS! We had the amazing good fortune, almost two years ago, to acquire some absolutely amazing Iris Agate specimens. These are smaller pieces of tumbled Iris Agate which is very unusual in itself....

We just completed adding tumbled stones in 9 different varieties to the store. All of these stones came from our trip to Tucson last winter. The new additions include: Carnelian This is the first time that we have had Carnelian tumbled. They have great color and come in sets of 15 stones. Leopardskin Rhyolite/Jasper Also...

We have just finished adding 363 new Palm Stones encompassing 20 mineral varieties to the website. This represents the single largest addition of items in Kathi's Krystals history. That is the good news. The not so good news is that it took us almost four months to accomplish the task since we got back from Tucson in...