Journal

What is it about color that makes us happy? Is it the brilliance of lemon yellows and aqua blues or the quiet calm of white and gray? Is it that we smell grass in the greens and feel cool water in ...

Happy New Year, Geophiles! I hope your Holidays were great, fun, relaxing, and everything you wanted them to be. Now it's time to get busy with our 2024 goals. Its 2024 now. A new Year, a new begin...

Crazy Lace Agate Pendant "Agate" is the term we use for chalcedony that has formed in delicate, multi-colored layers. Primarily made of microcrystalline quartz (silica), the banding in an agate de...

Various forms of Rhodocrosite What is Rhodocrosite? The mineral Rhodocrosite is a manganese carbonate (MnCO3 for you chem nerds) and is found in beautiful pinks and rosy-reds. The main use of this...

Finding myself at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh We had a wonderful trip to Scotland! It began in Edinburgh and visiting the Edinburgh Castle, the National Museum, and Greyfriar's Kirkyard, to name a ...

What is Pyrite? "Pie-right". I know it sounds like 'Pirate', but this metallic rock won't take over your ship. Pyrite is a shiny iron sulfide (FeS2 for you chem nerds) that is found in a wide varie...

What a cool lady! Inge Lehmann was a Danish seismologist who discovered that Earth has an inner (solid) core and a outer (molten) core. Born in Denmark in 1888, Inge was lucky to attend a progress...

Cuffs Measure your wrist all the way around with a fabric measuring tape. Prefer a more snug fit? Order a half inch smaller than your wrist measurement. Prefer a more loose fit? Order the exact s...