Identifying obsidian. This is a new kind of rock identification guide for you. A plain language, no silly business, get your rocks sorted in no time guide to “what rock is that?” Igneous rocks: Obsi...Read More
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Identifying pumice. This is a new kind of rock identification guide for you. A plain language, no silly business, get your rocks sorted in no time guide to “what rock is that?” Igneous rocks: Pumice...Read More
Posted in Igneous, Rock Specimens
Identifying rhyolite. This is a new kind of rock identification guide for you. A plain language, no silly business, get your rocks sorted in no time guide to “what rock is that?” Igneous rocks: Rhyo...Read More
Posted in Igneous, Rock Specimens
Identifying granite. This is a new kind of rock identification guide for you. A plain language, no silly business, get your rocks sorted in no time guide to “what rock is that?” Igneous rocks: Grani...Read More
Posted in Igneous, Rock Specimens
So…. geology is back in the National Curriculum… Don’t panic! Rockhoundz is here to help you To misquote Donald Rumsfeld: “People who say that they know nothing about rocks ar...Read More
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scoria from Rockhoundz GEOLOGY SPECIMENS SHOULD ROCK BUT THEY SHOULDN’T COST YOU THE EARTH School budgets are too tight to waste a single cent unnecessarily. We’ve seen this rock advertise...Read More
Posted in All Posts, Angus, Igneous, Rock Specimens
Too often I have seen ‘complete’ rock kits for sale that either have too many different samples or not enough. To make matters worse the samples are too small and too easily lost or brok...Read More
Posted in All Posts, Igneous, Metamorphic, Rock Specimens, Sedimentary
Did you know that most of the obsidian you see for sale is actually fake? That’s the reason it has taken us so long to find some that we are willing to have in the shop. Some of the newest roc...Read More
Posted in All Posts, Igneous, Rock Specimens
I know what I want this to be. I really, really, really want it to be a fossilised dinosaur tooth. It won’t be because I never find anything cool. Except for that one time in Cifton – b...Read More
Posted in All Posts, Fossils, Rock Specimens
Hi Angus the Rockhound here, I’ve been sniffing around some coal recently (hence my lovely black nose) and thought I’d tell you about the coal we have in stock which is classified as steam...Read More
Posted in All Posts, Angus, Rock Specimens, Sedimentary
