365 Caws

365Caws is now in its 16th year of publication. If I am unable to post daily, I hope readers who love the natural world and fiberarts will seize those days to read the older material. Remember that this has been my journey as well, so you may find errors in my identifications of plants. I have tried to correct them as I discover them. Likewise, I have refined fiberarts techniques and have adjusted recipes, so search by tags to find the most current information. And thank you for following me!

Showing posts with label rockhounding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rockhounding. Show all posts
Friday, April 4, 2025

Agate Cabochons

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Day 174: Many of the types of agate shown in this image are no longer available as rough, mined out of the locations in which they were foun...
Sunday, August 4, 2024

Diaspore

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Day 296: From the time I was a very young kid, I enjoyed collecting rocks. My interest was piqued further when one day on my way to school, ...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Agates From Around The World

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Day 102: While my husband and I were both rockhounds, his interest was primarily in faceting and lost-wax casting while I leaned more tow...
Monday, January 22, 2018

Stibnite

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Day 101: This is a long walk from the realm of Botany, but I've had another relapse and am getting desperate for bloggable material. ...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

December Blues

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Day 71: If you were born in the month of December, you are more fortunate than most when it comes to a selection of birthstones. There a...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Lovely Lapis Lazuli

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Day 353: My interest in rocks began at a very early age, and by the time I was nine years old, I had a mineral collection which (to my mo...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Hard Rock Mining

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Day 140: By special request: rocks and a rockhounding story. In 1972, a deposit of amethyst quartz was discovered by a farmer near Big ...
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Drawing on years of experience as a forest ranger, backpacker and mountaineer, my writings and images reflect my abiding love of Nature.
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