We ID and look at some rocks and minerals pulled from a collection of rocks collected from the 1950s to now. We are building a community with your help to keep rockhounding and lapidary alive, check out our links at the bottom of any of our blogs, and subscribe at radicalrocksusa.blogspot.com we have a facebook group and a podcast, Thank you ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugqLjKtQnR0
Obsidian all about video, this short is to announce a deep dive video upcoming all about obsidian, the types colors and varieties, the geologic conditions that take place to create obsidian, the locations and mining, how to work with obsidian to make cabochons and jewelry and more.
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Today we stretch and resize a silver ring, and share a few tips along the way. See the "About" tab to connect with the radical Rocks community and subscribe to our podcast, thanks for stopping by and remember Rockhounds don't die they petrify.
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Go through how to harden gemstone with the resin epoxy by using a vacuum chamber go through it step-by-step and have some really good results thanks for stopping by remember Rockhound‘s don’t die they petrify. Our Etsy store is radicalrocksUSA one word
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I got the flat lap going. Cut some nice Copper World Chrysocola, some super nice rare Kingman natural turquoise, pitcher jasper, some Crafton Hills rhodonite. and a few other gems. Check out all our links at the bottom of any blog at radicalrocksusa.blogspot.com thanks for stopping by.
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Today we have some rocks for Bridger walker the boy hero who saved his sister from an attacking dog. This is an impressive story of bravery he was badly injured but will be OK and come to find out he is a rockhound so we have a collection of rocks that we want to give to Bridger to encourage him to continue his rock mineral and lapidary path we go over the different rocks and minerals that we picked out in our mailing to him early this week. See our links a radicalrocksusa.blogspot.com Out more about Bridger Walker here’s a link to his story https://www.khou.com/mobile/article/life/heartwarming/6-year-old-boy-attacked-by-dog-saving-his-little-sister/67-f96a341b-63d6-41d8-8602-a401c61a5084 remember rockhounds don’t die they petrify. Description photo Credit: @teilawalker Instagram
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A short introduction of Radical Rocks and all that is available for your entertainment and education about all things rocks gems minerals and lapidary, come see us at roadicalrocks.com and remember rockhounds don't die they petrify !
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Aurora Quartz unveiling the mysteries of nature’s light show. We will talk about everything about Aurora Court from the discovery to the characteristics to the science to the geology to hell light interacts the spectrums colors patterns varieties global locations cultural significance in popular uses, including Jewlery and healing. You can email me at radicalrocks@yahoo.com  if you’re interested in purchasing any of these crystals. Thank you for stopping by until next time remember rockhounds don’t die the Petrify. From Shane
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We will take you on a journey over two week long, were we go to the pay to dig site in North Idaho to dig Garnets, also known as Huckleberry Garnets due to the purple color to these unique garnets. They were exciting to find in the rough state coated with the matrix. We take through the prepossess of digging cleaning and of the acid used for the cleaning. Please this is for entertainment and always read all safety warnings and use all recommended personal protection, so do this at your own risk. We did manage to clean the Garnets and have trimmed the film down to cover the high lights. The site is called the "Fossil Bowl" Ken was very nice and helpful. Thank you for going to radicalrocks.com scroll to the bottom of the page were all are social media links are, we have podcast and much more, so please subscribe, share, comment and like to help keep rockhounding alive,untill next time "remember rockhounds don't die we petrify"
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In Depth discussion all about Amethyst. overview, color, composition, history, lore, geology, properties, mining, use, care, maintenance, shopping, selection, and cleaning. until net time remember rockhounds don't die we petrify.
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