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A green synthetic quartz cluster with one yellow crystal in the center, and a whitish crust of needle-like crystals

Mineral phonies and alterations 101

How to interpret commonly used descriptors like 'enhanced' and what should be disclosed.

Mineral phonies and alterations 101

How to interpret commonly used descriptors like 'enhanced' and what should be disclosed.

A yellow zebra isopod on orange lichen

Isopod setup guide

Everything you need to know to set up your first isopod enclosure.

Isopod setup guide

Everything you need to know to set up your first isopod enclosure.

A person bending over to look at a pile of rocks, with white show tents behind them.

15 things learned from 15 years of mineral shows

What day is best to go? How can you tell if prices are fair? How do you avoid buying phonies?

15 things learned from 15 years of mineral shows

What day is best to go? How can you tell if prices are fair? How do you avoid buying phonies?

Top of a torch cactus with fuzzy brown buds

The trouble with tribbles

What, these old things? Those are just cactus buds. Everything you need to know about your budding cactus.

The trouble with tribbles

What, these old things? Those are just cactus buds. Everything you need to know about your budding cactus.