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} For two years now, the downtown businesses have repeatedly expressed our displeasure over the administration’s decision to relocate the UFO festival off Main street. It has literally fallen on deaf ears,

I just saw this post of a new discovery on Mars by the new Rover named Perseverance. From what I know about minerals; 80% of all minerals that are blue or green have some relationship to copper. Assuming

It's been amazing. Since the Pandemic began a year ago, We weren't sure if our store would survive. We have; Praise the Lord!!! This year has been especially great. We've broken weekly and monthly sales

I'm sorting out collections in the back room and attic again. I discovered this little cutie. It's a mixture of quartz and black bladed calcite, with a mix of color. When I first saw it, I was overly

Another new and interesting item has come to our store. A few weeks ago, one of our consignment clients came to our store excited about a new discovery in Chihuahua Mexico. They are beautiful white dog

We recently received more inventory. On item is a batch of Aragonite. Some are spherical and look amazingly like the Corona Virus. Aragonite is a calcium carbonate material....but don't try to eat it.

A new batch of crystal arrived at our store. Here is a sampling They are actually very sparkly. but couldn't get that to show in the pics. The larger piece is a type of beryl on limonite It is very porous

Tips, the largest of all our rescue cats, now weighs in at 14 lbs. He is a Siamese hybrid. So it's amazing he's that big. He has no problem taking a nap where ever he pleases. The other cats don't bother

Recently I've had a little time on my hands. So naturally, I go in the back room to organize and explore the collections we've picked up. The other day, a friend stopped by to visit. He likes to go with

My name is Donald James. My Wife Andrea and I own a rock, fossil, & gem store here in Roswell NM. We also sell Christian novelties and supplies. Many people have asked ; how do we mix rocks and God

We recently had some folks bring in a crate of obsidian they were looking to sell. After quickly looking over the crate, we came to an agreement on price and made the deal. I assumed it was all obsidian

Hello my name is Don ....and I.. am .. a Rockhound. For about fifteen years now, I have been fascinated with rocks. Some, including my wife Andrea, say I am obsessed with them or even addicted. Celestite

I wish our profile pics were a little bigger or you could enlarge it to see it more clearly . Anyway in Hive we have a profile pic of my wife Andrea and me with our granddaughter Klarrisa. She's been with

This whole Covid 19 mess has taken it's toll. Our store has been shut down for nearly two months, but I did manage to get some overdue projects done. Never the less it does get a little depressing being

We don't hoard toilet paper ,but we do normally stock up. On this particular occasion, we set the pack on the bedroom floor until we could put it away. Well our matriarch "Callie" decided it

Quite a while ago we acquired these rare and very interesting vugs in a trade with our local Crystal expert.Pyrolusite Crystal Vugs from Taous Sahara. At the time I wasn't overly impressed with them, but

Here is another interesting collection we picked up last month. There were sixteen pieces total to this collection. A gentleman inherited it and had it for quite a few years before deciding to part with

These just came in this morning. petrified wood that was fossilized with copper. I have never made it a secret that green is not my favorite color. But when a gentleman brought in these pieces of copper

In early November, we picked up another massive collection. In the collection was this ugly green rock. After careful examination though, I noticed fine crystals, cleavages, and blue Chalcedony. Here is

Here's an item we've have in our store on and off. They are called "Apache Tears" They are obsidian (volcanic glass) nodules that are believed to have been thrown from the volcanoes. They come