Gemstones are naturally beautiful, but you can make them glisten and shine. (Oh, yes, you can!) This beginner's guide covers all the techniques you need to know: tumbling, slabbing and sawing, edging
Gemstones are naturally beautiful, but you can make them glisten and shine. This beginner's guide covers all the techniques you need to know: tumbling, cutting, face polishing and more. It pertains to
"A gloriously farfetched tale, but alarmingly real to anyone who knows the weird world of MFA programs. Besides which, it's a shit-load of fun." —Peter Carey, two-time winner of the Booker Prize
A semiliterate con man poses as a famously reclusive author teaching a college writing course funded by a terminally ill, extremely wealthy novelist and exploits a long-simmering feud between the pair
The Black Hills' Fairburn Agate is renowned for its unique, translucent beauty-but no one's ever seen it quite like James Magnuson and Carol Wood. The authors highlight the celebrated stone with light
Jim Magnuson puts his years of experience to use for you, making agate hunting simple, fast and fun. Learn agates' common features, the types of places to search, how to identify Lake Superior gravel,
Become a whiz at finding Lake Superior agates! Keep this tabbed booklet close at hand on your next rock-hunting adventure. Based on Jim Magnuson’s Agate Hunting Made Easy and featuring the professiona
