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Crystal of the Month: Sunstone

Calling All Crystal Lovers!   Happy July, all! Sunstone is here to get you in the summer spirit with its beautiful orange coloring and shimmery inclusions! It truly is a stunning crystal that is typically associated with summertime and sunshine, which is where its name originates from.  Sunstone is a feldspar crystal. This means it is […]

Reptile of the Month: Eastern Hognose Sn...

Have you ever seen those videos of that snake freaking out on the ground playing dead? Have you ever spotted a snake puffing itself up like a cobra? Don’t be alarmed; you may have encountered the eastern hognose snake, one of nature’s most dramatic performers. This fascinating and harmless species, native to the northeastern United […]

Crystal of the Month: Larvikite

Calling all Crystal Lovers!!!!  Happy first days of Summer, MMSCL!  This month and all summer we celebrate with Larvikite, a crystal mined primarily out of a town that provides its namesake – Larvik, Norway! Here, Larvikite is mined out of large quarries and shipped all over the world.  Larvikite, although primarily gray and lacking color […]