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Adventures on the Outcrop. Beginning in 1987, Bruce began selling mostly self-collected mineral specimens at mineral shows close to Las Vegas, the new family hometown, doing business as High Desert Minerals for the first time. Within several. Varied fossils, to the show stock. Business continued to do well, even through the first year of the “Great Recession,” but more changes were soon to come to High Desert Minerals.
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Adventures on the Outcrop. We’d like to invite you to check out our inventory of products…. Please check our FAQs. For info regarding shipping and other questions. Hellip; What is a Fossil? Hellip; What is a Mineral?
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Adventures on the Outcrop. WHAT IS A MINERAL? Amethyst – Simple But Sensational. Large specimen from Minas Gerais, Brazil; smaller specimens from, left to right; Casas Grandes, Mexico; Kingston Range, California; Veracruz, Mexico; Diamond Hill, South Carolina; South Africa). Okenite – Unusual and Unusually Pretty. Gyrolite [Ca2Si3O7(OH)2•H2O] and prehnite [Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2]. The fibrous okenite crystals are somewhat flexible but also fragile and splinter-like, which means that petting, or dusting, ok...
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Adventures on the Outcrop. Below is a list of High Desert Mineral’s 2011 Show Schedule. This is where you can find us! These are some of our favorite shows to attend and we’d love it if you could join us. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about these upcoming shows. The Panorama Gem and Mineral Club. Annual Gem and Mineral Show. Colville Grange Hall—Colville, WA]. Spokane Rock Rollers Club. Annual Gem Jewelry, Rock and Mineral Show. Hells Canyon Gem Club.
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Adventures on the Outcrop. Hellip;Specific Fossil Types. Hellip;Specific Mineral Types.
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Adventures on the Outcrop. How can I pay for my purchases? How do you ship my purchases? What if I need return my purchase? Does HDM keep my personal information secure? All of our payments are processed utilizing PayPal. PayPal securely processes all their online transactions. [Please visit PayPal’s website directly to learn more about their security measures and Purchase Protection. PayPal accepts numerous forms of payments. You can pay online with your PayPal balance, Bill Me Later. All purchases will...
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Adventures on the Outcrop. Below is a list of shows High Desert Mineral’s has attended in past years. Although we will not be attending this year, if you are in the area we do highly recommend you check them out! Tucson Gem and Mineral Society. Tucson Gem and Mineral Show™. Searles Lake Gem and Mineral Society. Likely being the largest single field trip in the world. Early October in Trona, California, usually has very nice weather, and the last chance at a good warm-up and a tan, for anyone living m...
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Adventures on the Outcrop. WHAT IS A FOSSIL? Ammonites – Important Fossils Prized For Millennia. Latin for the “horns of Ammon,” from which their present English name is derived. Near the end of the Cretaceous Period, some ammonite varieties began to grow partially non-spiraled and/or helical shells, and these unusual ammonites are referred to as heteromorphs. Many ammonite varieties tend to be prized fossils, and heteromorphs are among the most popular. Trilobites - Ancient Movers and Shakers.
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Adventures on the Outcrop. Hellip; What is a Mineral? Amazonite, Colorado - 01. Amazonite, Colorado - 02. Amethyst, Mexico - 01. Azurite, Utah - 01. Barite, Brazil - 01. Calcite and Wulfenite, Mexico - 01. Calcite, Mexico - 01. Calcite, Missouri - 01. Calcite, Missouri - 02. Cavansite and Stilbite - 01. Cavansite, India - 01. Cerussite and Barite, Morocco 01. Chalcopyrite on Sphalerite, Missouri - 01. Colemanite, California - 01. Fluorite, Mexico - 01. Fluorite, Mexico - 02. Items 1 to 16 of 45.
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Adventures on the Outcrop. American Federation of Mineralogical Societies. A nonprofit, educational federation of seven similar regional organizations of gem, mineral and lapidary societies. A federation of 50 geoscience societies that provides information and education services to its members promoting a united voice for the geoscience community. Mineralogical Society of America. More of an academic organization, but a good source of information even for nonprofessional mineralogists. The Fossil Cephalo...