Jack’s Rock Blog
New Worry Stones
We have just added 75 new Worry Stones to the listings. Arfvedsonite Maybe the most exciting of these are 10 Arfvedsonite Worry Stones. We had never seen these before and were really surprised when we found them at this year's just ended Tucson show. These stones from Russia have gorgeous needle-like flash and are often...
New Tumbled Stones
We just got back from Tucson 2015, and we are in rock chaos as usual after getting back from the show, with boxes and bags of stones everywhere. Before adding these amazing brand new stones, we are catching up on getting the website restocked with some old favorites, and adding some new items from earlier shows here in...
October 2014 New Palm Stones
We just added some great new Palm Stone listings. K2 Stone The most exciting of the new additions are our K2 Palm Stones. Named after the second highest mountain in the world, the deposit of this mineral is located near the base of K2. Kathi made a few gorgeous pendants using some K2 cabs that we bought last year, but...
July’s New Additions
Hi again. We have just added over 100 new Palm Stones in 14 varieties: Labradorite It is getting harder and harder to acquire clean Labradorite stones with nice flash, and our selection had become pretty thin. The 14 new additions have very bright color and we have listed them with very reasonable prices considering the...
New Additions
We have recently added 6 new groups of palm stones. The new additions include... All natural Yellow Quartz More of the no longer available Green Kyanite with sparkling Mica New smaller Apatite stones with really nice dark blue color Carnelians Lapis from a relatively new deposit. These stones have fantastic dark blue...
We Are Back!
Hi to everyone. Those of you who follow Kathi's and my doings probably have been wondering why I disappeared from this Blog. Here is why: On the day before New Year's Eve I was struck down with a completely obstructed intestine. I ended up spending the entire month of January in our local hospital where I underwent 3...
Ebay Listings
Tonight we listed 149 auctions on ebay, including the gorgeous Iris Agate with our first rock video. The auctions will close on the evening of December 6. Here is the link to our ebay store.
Iris Agate Video
I have made my debut on YouTube! For the first time we are adding a video to an ebay auction. The following link shows a beautiful piece of Iris Agate that we plan to have up with our ebay listings starting on the evening of Friday the 29th. Iris Agate Video
The Jack & Queen of Hearts
Over the last two weeks, Kathi and I have been sorting, measuring, weighing, photographing, cropping, and finally, today, adding 206 polished stone hearts to the website! We wanted to get these up before the holidays because, even though thought of more commonly regarding Valentine's Day, hearts make great Christmas...
Brown Dwarfs Might Be The Prettiest Stars
We came home from the fall Denver show with a flat of amazing Aragonite Star Crystal Clusters, and just got them loaded onto our Kathi's Krystals website. These incredible crystals come from Morocco, and are simply gorgeous. The formations are fascinating, and the combination of beauty and structure makes for specimens...