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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 ...

2012: Book Box #27b – MOSTLY American Literature Anthologies and Paperback Trade Books

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman:  The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings , 1989   2012: Book Box #27b – MOSTLY American Literature Anthologies and Paperback Trade Books   Some Burroughs, Chandler, Douglass, Faulkner, Gilman, Heller, Perkins, and Steinbeck: 1. Burroughs: William S. Burroughs. Naked Lunch , 1959-1966 (Trade Paperback) 2. Chandler: Raymond Chandler. The Lady in the Lake , 1943-1971 (Trade Paperback) 3. Douglass: Frederick Douglass. The Narrative and Selected Writings , “1st Edition,” 1984 (Trade Paperback) 4. Faulkner: William Faulkner. The Reivers , 1962-1969 (Trade Paperback) 5. Foerster: Norman Foerster. American Poetry and Prose , 1934-1962 (Hardback). 6. Foerster: Norman Foerster, and William Charvat. American Poetry and Prose , 1934-1952 (Hardback). 7. Gilman: Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings , 1989 (Trade Paperback) 8. Heller: Joseph Heller. Catch-22 , 1955, 1961, 1970 (Trade Paperback) 9. McMichael: ...

Tiger’s Eye Quartz Pyramid Carving

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Tiger’s Eye Quartz Pyramid Carving Tiger’s Eye Quartz Pyramid Carving Tiger’s Eye Quartz Pyramid Carving Tiger’s Eye Quartz Pyramid Carving Tiger’s Eye Quartz Pyramid Carving (top) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Pyramid Carving (base) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Pyramid Carving (base, closeup) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Pyramid Carving 2026: Box #4 – Mostly Tiger’s Eye Specimens and Carvings   1.78 ounces 49.5 grams 247.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date   2026-4-Mostly Tiger’s Eye Specimens and Carvings Tiger’s Eye Quartz Pyramid Carving

Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Parallelogram)

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Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Parallelogram) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Parallelogram) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Parallelogram) (reverse) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Parallelogram) (side) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Parallelogram) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Parallelogram) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Parallelogram) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Parallelogram) (edge) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Parallelogram) (edge) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Parallelogram) (closeup) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Parallelogram) 2026: Box #4 – Mostly Tiger’s Eye Specimens and Carvings   1.18 ounces 33 grams 165 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date   2026-4-Mostly Tiger’s Eye Specimens and Carvings Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Parallelogram)

Tiger’s Eye Quartz Astronaut Carving

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Tiger’s Eye Quartz Astronaut Carving Tiger’s Eye Quartz Astronaut Carving Tiger’s Eye Quartz Astronaut Carving (side view) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Astronaut Carving (side view) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Astronaut Carving (base) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Astronaut Carving (top view) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Astronaut Carving Note: It looks like a Fertility Goddess with a globe head Made in China 2026: Box #4 – Mostly Tiger’s Eye Specimens and Carvings   2.49 ounces 70.5 grams 352.5 carats   Black Market Minerals Old Town Kissimmee, Florida   Unknown acquisition date   2026-4-Mostly Tiger’s Eye Specimens and Carvings Unknown-Kissimmee-Unknown Tiger’s Eye Quartz Astronaut Carving

Tiger’s Eye Quartz Dinosaur Carving

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Tiger’s Eye Quartz Dinosaur Carving Tiger’s Eye Quartz Dinosaur Carving (side view) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Dinosaur Carving (side view) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Dinosaur Carving (rear view) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Dinosaur Carving (base) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Dinosaur Carving (top view) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Dinosaur Carving Made in China 2026: Box #4 – Mostly Tiger’s Eye Specimens and Carvings   1.92 ounces 53.5 grams 267.5 carats   Black Market Minerals Old Town Kissimmee, Florida   Unknown acquisition date   2026-4-Mostly Tiger’s Eye Specimens and Carvings Unknown-Kissimmee-Unknown Tiger’s Eye Quartz Dinosaur Carving

2012: Book Box #27a – MOSTLY American Literature Anthologies and Paperback Trade Books

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William Faulkner, 1954 ( Wikipedia , Public Domain. Photographer: Carl Van Vechten) William Faulkner.  Intruder in the Dust   2012: Book Box #27a – MOSTLY American Literature Anthologies and Paperback Trade Books   Dickinson, Faulkner, James, Segal, and Whitman, etc.: 1. Bradley: Sculley Bradley, et al. The American Tradition in Literature , 5th Edition, 1956-1981 (Paperback) 2. Faulkner: William Faulkner. Intruder in the Dust , 1948, 1972 (Trade Paperback) 3. James: Henry James. The Turn of the Screw & Daisy Miller , 1954-1975 (Trade Paperback) 4. McMichael: George McMichael, et al. Anthology of American Literature, Instructor’s Manual , 5th Edition, 1993 (Paperback) 5. McMichael: George McMichael, et al. Anthology of American Literature, Vol. 1: Colonial Through Romantic , 5th Edition, 1993 (Paperback) 6. McMichael: George McMichael, et al. Anthology of American Literature, Vol. 2: Realism to the Present , 5th Edition, 1993 (Paperback) 7. McMichael: George M...

Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Triangular)

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Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Triangular) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Triangular) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Triangular) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Triangular) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Triangular) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Triangular) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Triangular) 2026: Box #4 – Mostly Tiger’s Eye Specimens and Carvings   4.99 ounces 141.5 grams 707.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date   2026-4-Mostly Tiger’s Eye Specimens and Carvings Tiger’s Eye Quartz Specimen (Triangular)

Tiger’s Eye Quartz Buddha Carving

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Tiger’s Eye Quartz Buddha Carving Tiger’s Eye Quartz Buddha Carving (reverse) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Buddha Carving (side view) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Buddha Carving (side view) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Buddha Carving (base) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Buddha Carving (top view) Tiger’s Eye Quartz Buddha Carving 2026: Box #4 – Mostly Tiger’s Eye Specimens and Carvings   4.14 ounces 116.5 grams 582.5 carats   Unknown acquisition source and date   2026-4-Mostly Tiger’s Eye Specimens and Carvings Tiger’s Eye Quartz Buddha Carving

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