Rock and Gem

Rock & Gem is the leading publication for rockhounds, lapidary and mineral enthusiasts. Serving the community since 1971, Rock & Gem’s print issues include identification guides, Rock & Gem Kids, must-see travel destinations, step-by-step projects, fascinating features, and expert lapidary and faceting insights. Our active readership reaches day-to-day collectors plus an organized rockhound community and network of clubs, including the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies.

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Rock and Gem

Viewing the Deep Sea Floor • It’s a rare event!

An Iron Deposit of a Whole New Scale • A discovery in Australia is one for the history books!

Was Myanmar’s Great Quake a Supershear?

Toxic Metal Pollution in Soils • Mapping the risks

A Shift Noted in Earth’s Hydrological Cycle

Is A Volcanic Eruption Imminent off the Oregon Coast?

Swallowed from Below! • What’s going on deep beneath the American Midwest?

More Stories from Distant Human Ancestors

A Future Powered by Sodium

Spinosaurus Rebirth • A dino well-adapted to life in the water—or not.

Mars • Excitement & disappointment all at once!!

Happy Birthday! • A new source of helium for party balloons!

When BROKEN Is Good • Understanding Breaks in Gemstones

The Glory That Was Golconda • Source of the World’s First Diamonds

Fluorite Ridge Fluorite • Collecting Light Green & White Fluorite

Promoting an Educational Outreach Program

MAW SIT SIT

ROCK & GEM FIELD GUIDE: Peridot

FROM TEXTBOOK TO REAL LIFE • A High School Geology Buff’s Dream Classroom & Club

WALRUS TEETH

Jewelry Upkeep & Care • A Master Jeweler’s Guide

Crystal Twinning • Examining The Types of Twin Forms

What Stone is That? • An excerpt from The Minerals Encyclopedia by Rupert Hochleitner, the Deputy Director of the Mineralogical State Collection of Munich since 1993, with a doctorate in mineralogy with an expertise in systematic mineralogy. (Firefly Books, 2022)

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THE LURE OF ULURU

GOBI DESERT AGATE • ROCKS, MINERALS AND JEWELRY