The Global Stone Museum is nearly complete, with many fossils being prepared for display in the new galleries. The official opening will still be a year away. Shuitou Fujian Prov, China. — 全球石材博物馆已接近完工，许多化石正准备在新画廊展出。 官方开幕还有一年的时间。 中国福建省水头。 I had two meetings today at the Behring headquarters in Shanghai. Discussing marketing as well as how to introduce Global […]
Read More Tom Kapitany – Geologists Travels – Global Stone Museum in ChinaZigong – China –––– It was a long day. My presentation was titled “How to make a dinosaur museum fun and profitable”. It was well received with my greeting to the group in Mandarin. My interpreter Qiao Qiao translated the rest for me. Lunch with the Mayor, discussions with the Zigong Dinosaur Museum, and a […]
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Andrew and I are preparing a large fossil Diplomystus fish from Wyoming USA. Andrew is micro abrading with a sand blaster , I’m removing the bulk rock with an micro jack hammer , to just above the body of the fish for Andrew to do the detail cleaning at Crystal World . You can dig […]
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Ever wonder how the giant crystals you see come to be in our shop at Crystal World? Here is a mine in Victoria, Australia where very large crystals are abundant, though difficult and dangerous to extract. It is a long trip to the floor of the mine, and an even longer trip coming back up at […]
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March has been busy and diverse. Fun faceting large clean Prehnite This Rutilated Quartz over Lapis doublet turned out well. Astronomite Gem Ammolite- fossil Ammonite shell from Canada Ruby from Hart’s Range, Northern Territory, Australia Large, fine Rutilated Quartz Chrysoprase from South Australia Home
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Beijing is fortunate in having some top class private mineral and fossil galleries. I was able to visit one. As one would expect there were many high quality natural mineral specimens for sale, like the massive gemmy fluorite pictured above. But there were also some highly unusual articles carved in jade, like this […]
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Cutting Chrysoprase with Steve Hompot Master Cutter Steve Hompot is working on fine quality Chrysoprase at present. Here are some of the finished stones: Chrysoprase is produced in many countries. Historically Silesia was an important mining district under royal patronage. This source was active in medieval times and some of its gems were used to make jewelry for […]
Read More Cutting Chrysoprase with Steve HompotRegarding Fossil and Meteorite export laws. Be warned: The Department of Movable Cultural Heritage is an extremely dysfunctional department with a bureaucratic agenda that does nothing to preserve our heritage,minimal contact is strongly advised. My experience is as follows: On Friday the 11th of March I received a visit from approximately 50 federal police, cultural heritage […]
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Tucson Show 2016 Tucson Show 2016 is larger than ever! Tom Kapitany takes a wander through the shows. And Buys! Magnificent Rutilated Quartz Ikea for the Flintstones! Petrified wood, USA Mookaite supplied by Crystal World as architectural accent in China Star Rose Quartz Japan Law Citrine Gem Ammolite Canada Massive Opal specimen purchased by Tom […]
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