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You Know You’re a Rockhound When…

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Snowflake Obsidian Specimen _____________________ – You look down instead of up. – Any rock, no matter how common, will raise your pulse. – You see beauty in all rocks, even “Leaverites,” the ones you leave behind. – Your family and friends just roll their eyes when you pick up yet another rock. – You are willing to dig up a rock with a spoon, even if it means ruining the spoon. – You have been known to visit urban rock piles and risk stares from people who are wondering why an old person is crawling around on a dirt pile. – You are willing to pay excess baggage fees (international, yet) for a large yellow rock that looks like a loaf of bread. – Your pockets are always filled with rocks and residual dirt. – You often find pebbles in your shoes and even socks. – You don’t mind dirt at all, even under your fingernails. That’s why soap and water exist. – You get why rocks are so spiritual; you understand that rocks have been around since the beginning of earth ...

Calcite Specimen (Geometric)

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Calcite Specimen (Geometric) Calcite Specimen (Geometric) Calcite Specimen (Geometric) Calcite Specimen (Geometric) Calcite Specimen (Geometric) Calcite Specimen (Geometric) Calcite Specimen (Geometric) Calcite Specimen (Geometric) Calcite Specimen (Geometric) Gray with a Hint of Green Missouri 2026: Box #38 – Various Items   1 pound/ 13.74 ounces 841.5 grams 4207.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date Seller: Lehigh Minerals Likely Lebanon Gem Show   2026-38-Various Items 2026-38-4 2026-38- Calcite Specimen (Geometric)

Calcite Point on Matrix

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Calcite Point on Matrix Calcite Point on Matrix Calcite Point on Matrix Calcite Point on Matrix Calcite Point on Matrix (base) Calcite Point on Matrix (black light in a lit room) Calcite Point on Matrix Fluoresces Light Pink 2026: Box #38 – Various Items   1.39 ounces 39.5 grams 197.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date   2026-38-Various Items 2026-38-3 2026-38- Calcite Point on Matrix

Calcite: Onyx Marble Carving (Cat or Dog)

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Calcite: Onyx Marble Carving (Cat or Dog) (side) Calcite: Onyx Marble Carving (Cat or Dog) (front) Calcite: Onyx Marble Carving (Cat or Dog) (side) Calcite: Onyx Marble Carving (Cat or Dog) (rear) Calcite: Onyx Marble Carving (Cat or Dog) (base) Calcite: Onyx Marble Carving (Cat or Dog) (black light in a darkened room) Calcite: Onyx Marble Carving (Cat or Dog) Slight Fluorescent Pink 2026: Box #38 – Various Items   7.02 ounces 198.5 grams 992.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date   2026-38-Various Items 2026-38-3 2026-38- Calcite: Onyx Marble Carving (Cat or Dog)

Fluorite on Hematite or Galena Matrix

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Fluorite on Hematite or Galena Matrix Fluorite on Hematite or Galena Matrix Fluorite on Hematite or Galena Matrix Fluorite on Hematite or Galena Matrix (closeup) Fluorite on Hematite or Galena Matrix Fluorite on Hematite or Galena Matrix (closeup) Fluorite on Hematite or Galena Matrix (black light in a darkened room) Fluorite on Hematite or Galena Matrix (black light in a lit room) Fluorite on Hematite or Galena Matrix Very heavy for its size Cubic shape Dull Green, but Fluoresces Pink and Purple Hardin County, Illinois 2026: Box #38 – Various Items   2 pounds/ 4.98 ounces 1047.5 grams 5237.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date   2026-38-Various Items 2026-38-3 2026-38-   Fluorite on Hematite or Galena Matrix

2012: Box #58c – Wood Knickknacks and Glass Bottles

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Bottle: Green Lancer Bottle   2012: Box #58c – Wood Knickknacks and Glass Bottles     White Comcast Bag:   1. Bowl: Small Wood Bowl with a Large Wood Screw that Screws into the side, 2 (What is this, anyway? I must have known at one time).   2. Candlesticks: Small Wood Candle Sticks, 2   3. Carving/Figurine: Carved Wood Antelopes, 2   4. Carving/Figurine: Carved Wood Beast (Not Sure what it is)   5. Carving/Figurine: Carved Wood Turtle   6. Figurine: Small Wood Goose   Black Bag:   1. Carving/Figurine: Carved Wood Animal with a Pointed Head and Upright Tail   2. Mask: African Mask “A Leo Product”–Genuine Hand Carved, Made in Kenya (Obviously Made for U.S. Export)   The Rest (all wrapped in Plastic Bags):   1. Bottle: Clear Soda Bottle (Glass)   2. Bottle: Colt 45 Bottle   3. Bottle: Manischewitz Concord Grape Bottle   4....

Happy Halloween!

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Scary Halloween Interloper    Happy Halloween! We own the above creature, but we are not sure who it is, where it is, or why we have it. It just showed up one day and no one in the fam seems to know from where it came. BOO!

Agate: Blue Agate Egg (Dyed)

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Agate: Blue Agate Egg (Dyed) Agate: Blue Agate Egg (Dyed) Agate: Blue Agate Egg (Dyed) Agate: Blue Agate Egg (Dyed) Agate: Blue Agate Egg (Dyed) 2026: Box #38 – Various Items   1.57 ounces 43 grams 215 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date   2026-38-Various Items 2026-38-2 2026-38-   Agate: Blue Agate Egg (Dyed)

Calcite: Wafer Calcite Specimen

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Calcite: Wafer Calcite Specimen Calcite: Wafer Calcite Specimen (reverse) Calcite: Wafer Calcite Specimen New Enterprise Quarry, Roaring Springs, Blair County, Pennsylvania 2026: Box #38 – Various Items   2.65 ounces 74.5 grams 372.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date   2026-38-Various Items 2026-38-2 2026-38- Calcite: Wafer Calcite Specimen

Magnetite on Chlorite with Malachite and Pyrite

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Magnetite on Chlorite with Malachite and Pyrite Magnetite on Chlorite with Malachite and Pyrite Magnetite on Chlorite with Malachite and Pyrite Magnetite on Chlorite with Malachite and Pyrite Magnetite on Chlorite with Malachite and Pyrite Magnetite on Chlorite with Malachite and Pyrite Cornwall, PA 2026: Box #38 – Various Items   14.07 ounces 398.5 grams 1992.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date   2026-38-Various Items 2026-38-2 2026-38- Magnetite on Chlorite with Malachite and Pyrite

Bowls: Two Wooden Bowls

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Bowls: Two Wooden Bowls Bowl: Wooden Bowl #1 Bowl: Wooden Bowl #2 Bowl: Wooden Bowl #1 (base) Bowl: Wooden Bowl #2 (base) Bowls: Two Wooden Bowls (base) Bowls: Two Wooden Bowls Olivewood: “Handmade from the wood of non-producing Tunisian Olive Trees” Product of Tunisia 2026: Box #39 – Sphere Holders and Figurines   Bowl #1 (plain center): 9.82 ounces 278 grams 1390 carats   Bowl #2 (striped center): 8.59 ounces 243 grams 1215 carats   Seller and Distributor: Trader Joe’s   Unknown acquisition date   2026-39-Sphere Holders and Figurines 2026-39-Wooden Bowls 2026-39-   Unknown-Washington-D-C-Unknown Bowls: Two Wooden Bowls

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Snowflake Obsidian