Merchandise Pyrite Specimen Display Set ("Fool's Gold Starter Kit") Three curated pyrite specimens selected to show cubic, pyritohedral, and massive growth habits — plus a card with the streak test result …
Confectionery Geology ARE Rock Candy Social and Crystal Growing Championship An annual chapter fundraiser and crystallographic competition in which Rockies compete to grow the largest, clearest, and most improbably…
Confectionery Geology Sugar Crystal Formation: Crystallography You Can Eat A hands-on introduction to nucleation, supersaturation, and crystal habit — using sugar, water, a stick, and about a week of patience.
Field Guides Reading Sedimentary Rock Sequences in Road Cuts How to read a road cut like a geologic timeline — and what to look for before you pull over.
Confectionery Geology Pop Rocks (Pressurized Vesicular Sucrose) Identification Sheet A vesicular carbonated sugar rock exhibiting spontaneous exothermic dissolution and audible degassing upon contact with moisture — first …
Confectionery Geology Rock Candy (Sucrose Crystal) Identification Sheet A monocrystalline or polycrystalline sucrose formation exhibiting exceptional optical clarity and notable solubility in aqueous environme…
Identification Olivine (Peridot) Identification Sheet The green mineral that makes up much of the Earth's mantle — and surfaces as gemstone peridot when conditions align.
Identification Muscovite Mica Identification Sheet The sparkly sheet mineral in every granite — and the one that makes students understand cleavage for the first time.
Identification Amethyst Identification Sheet The purple quartz that has captivated collectors and jewelers for millennia — and fades if you leave it on the windowsill.
Identification Garnet Group Identification Sheet Not one mineral but a family — hard, dense, and found in almost every metamorphic rock Rockies encounter.
