Dalmatian Jasper
Dalmation Jasper, which is actually a Dalmatian Stone, also known as Dalmatian, comes from Chihuahua, Mexico. If you haven’t guessed already, the stone gets its name from the spotted appearance. These semi-precious stones can be polished to a very high luster and are often used for carvings, cabochons, tumbled stones, beads, and spheres. The dark […]
Petoskey Stones
If you’ve been collecting rocks for any length of time then you’ve definitely come across a Petoskey stone by now. These rocks are part fossil and part rock which makes them pretty interesting. The fossils captured in the stone are Colonial Coral (Hexagonaria percarinata). The coral colonies lived in a shallow sea that covered what’s […]