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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 ...

Organic: Seed Pod with Prickly Barbs

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Organic: Seed Pod with Prickly Barbs Organic: Seed Pod with Prickly Barbs Organic: Seed Pod with Prickly Barbs 2025: Box #12 – Small Specimens   .005 ounce .1 gram .5 carat   Self-collected York, Pennsylvania   Unknown acquisition date 2025-12-Small Specimens 2025-12-Container-8 Organic: Seed Pod with Prickly Barbs

Tourmaline: Black Tourmaline (Schorl) Sphere

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Tourmaline: Black Tourmaline (Schorl) Sphere Tourmaline: Black Tourmaline (Schorl) Sphere Tourmaline: Black Tourmaline (Schorl) Sphere Tourmaline: Black Tourmaline (Schorl) Sphere Auction #0042 2025: Box #28 – Spheres   13.53 ounces 382.5 grams 1912.5 carats   Easterly Auction Company Springfield, Missouri   24 November 2020 2025-28-Spheres 2020-Easterly-11-24 Tourmaline: Black Tourmaline (Schorl) Sphere

Tin Tube: Shaving Stick

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Tin Tube: Shaving Stick Tin Tube: Shaving Stick (open) Tin Tube: Shaving Stick (top) Tin Tube: Shaving Stick (base) Tin Tube: Shaving Stick (lid) Tin Tube: Shaving Stick Tin Tube: Shaving Stick Tin Tube: Shaving Stick William’s Shaving Stick – Small Size The JB Williams Co, Glastonbury, Conn. U.S.A. Eft. 1840 2025: Box #18 – Special Items   .81 ounce 22 grams 110 carats   Street of Shops Lewisburg, Pennsylvania   24 December 2024 2025-18-Special Tin Tube: Shaving Stick

Pyrite and Quartz Fragments

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Pyrite and Quartz Fragments (closeup) Pyrite and Quartz Fragments Pyrite and Quartz Fragments Pyrite and Quartz Fragments 2025: Box #12 – Small Specimens   .16 ounce 3.5 grams 17.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date 2025-12-Small Specimens 2025-12-Container-8 Pyrite and Quartz Fragments

Pyrite with Quartz Specimen

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Pyrite with Quartz Specimen Pyrite with Quartz Specimen Pyrite with Quartz Specimen Pyrite with Quartz Specimen 2025: Box #12 – Small Specimens   .16 ounce 3.5 grams 17.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date 2025-12-Small Specimens 2025-12-Container-8 Pyrite with Quartz Specimen

Pyrite with Quartz Specimen

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Pyrite with Quartz Specimen Pyrite with Quartz Specimen Pyrite with Quartz Specimen (reverse) Pyrite with Quartz Specimen 2025: Box #12 – Small Specimens   .46 ounce 12.5 grams 62.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date 2025-12-Small Specimens 2025-12-Container-8 Pyrite with Quartz Specimen

Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated

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Amethyst (Ametrine) Point: Double-Terminated (LED light) Amethyst (Ametrine) Point: Double-Terminated (LED light) Amethyst (Ametrine) Point: Double-Terminated Amethyst (Ametrine) Point: Double-Terminated Amethyst (Ametrine) Point: Double-Terminated 2025: Box #12 – Small Specimens   .14 ounce 3.9 grams 19.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date 2025-12-Small Specimens 2025-12-Container-8 Amethyst (Ametrine) Point: Double-Terminated

Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated

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Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light) Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light) Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light) Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated More Defined Specimen 2025: Box #12 – Small Specimens   .21 ounce 5 grams 25 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date 2025-12-Small Specimens 2025-12-Container-8 Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light)

Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated

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Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light) Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light) Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated Tiny Point 2025: Box #12 – Small Specimens   .05 ounce 1.4 grams 7 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date 2025-12-Small Specimens 2025-12-Container-8 Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light)

Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated

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Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light) Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light) Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light) Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated Slender Specimen 2025: Box #12 – Small Specimens   .11 ounce 2.5 grams 12.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date 2025-12-Small Specimens 2025-12-Container-8 Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light)

Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated

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Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light) Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light) Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated (LED light) Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated Squat Specimen 2025: Box #12 – Small Specimens   .14 ounce 4 grams 20 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date 2025-12-Small Specimens 2025-12-Container-8 Amethyst Point: Double-Terminated

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