http://www.minimegeology.com/blog Rocks for Kids, Teachers, Parents and Homeschoolers Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:10:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just Released Today! Our newest science kits are perfect for beginning geologists, home school families, and schools. Each kit comes with 10 samples and an identification flyer with details about each rock or mineral and a photo. Choose from Minerals, Igneous Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks or Sedimentary Rocks.  These fun little kits ... http://www.minimegeology.com/blog/2010/08/30/new-my-rockin-collection-junior-kits/ Great news for home school groups, teachers, schools, and kids doing science projects! Today we have unveiled our new bulk pricing on all of our most popular minerals, rocks, streak plates and hand magnifiers. Buy 1 at regular price or 6 for the price of 5. If you really need ... http://www.minimegeology.com/blog/2010/08/23/new-bulk-prices/ Be the first on your block to throw a Rock & Roll Birthday Party!  Our new Birthday Party Packs are perfect for elementary age kids who love to have fun. Spend time rock hunting, cracking open geodes and searching clues with these party packs. Plus, give each child their own ... http://www.minimegeology.com/blog/2010/08/16/new-product-rock-roll-birthday-party-packs/ Are you wondering what to do with all of those rocks your kids picked up this summer?  Let them make their own storage box!  All you need is an egg carton, some paint, and your rocks! Read the full directions at Dig Into Geology on our website. http://www.minimegeology.com/blog/2010/08/02/create-a-rock-storage-box-for-those-summer-finds/ Pearls are a beautiful organic gemstone which is formed in a variety of colors and shapes inside of mollusk shells such as oysters and mussels. This unique gemstone is made of primarily the mineral aragonite. Aragonite is the mineral that lines the inside of the mollusk shell. An organic ... http://www.minimegeology.com/blog/2010/06/24/junes-birthstone-pearl/ Thank you to all of our blog and email entrants for our Virtaul Rock kit contest.  We will post our virtual rock kit on our website this summer! Sign up for our newsletter to receive a notice when the virtual rock kit is available.  As a special thank you for all ... http://www.minimegeology.com/blog/2010/05/27/thank-you/ Help us create the first virtual rock and mineral kit and WIN a deluxe My Rockin’ Collection kit for you! ENTER through May 22, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST How to Enter: Post a comment on our blog and tell us the name of your favorite rock or mineral and why you ... http://www.minimegeology.com/blog/2010/04/23/virtual-rock-kit-contest/ Happy Earth Day everyone!  In celebration of our Earth, save 10% on your entire order through Sunday, April 25th using coupon code:  EARTHDAY. Shop now at www.MiniMeGeology.com and have a great Earth Day! http://www.minimegeology.com/blog/2010/04/22/happy-earth-day-savings/ By now, most of us have heard about the volcano that is erupting in Iceland, named Eyjafjallajokull.  I ran across these amazing photos on MSNBC this morning that are just fantastic. Some volcanoes produce lightening during an eruption and it is call a Dirty Thunderstorm.  Please take a minute to view ... http://www.minimegeology.com/blog/2010/04/20/icelands-volcano-the-dirty-thunderstorm/ Volcanoes are areas where rock is built up around an opening in the Earth which connects the land surface to the magma below the ground.  When the pressure deep below the volcano increases, the magma is erupted from the ground.  There are three most common types of volcanoes - Shield ... http://www.minimegeology.com/blog/2010/03/24/igneous-rocks-are-made-from-volcanoes/