The first 100 people to make a purchase from our website, www.MiniMeGeology.com will receive a free citrine crystal when they put ‘EILEEN’ in the comments section of the shopping cart! This offer is valid today only.
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on November 12th, 2009 | No Comments »
Teach your children about sedimentary rocks with this cool Sedimentary Sleuthing kit. Your kit comes complete with six cool sedimentary rock samples: lignite coal, sedimentary breccia, conglomerate, fossiliferous limestone, yellow sandstone and shale.
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on November 3rd, 2009 | No Comments »
We are thrilled to announced that our entire line of Rock Detective kits are now available. For the next few days on our blog we will feature each of the new kits to give you a little information about each one. To check them all out click here. First up, is our Crystal Experiment Kit. [...]
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on October 13th, 2009 | No Comments »
Ask-a-Geologist Q&A about Metamorphic Rocks. What rocks are changed by high pressure and high temperature?
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on September 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
Question: How could mineral hardness be used to tell quartzite (shown right) from marble (shown left)? Answer: I don’t know that hardness would be a good test since both of these rocks have undergone metamorphism.
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Rocks on July 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Shop now and save 20% off your entire order! Use coupon code ROCK20 at check to grab your discount.
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on June 24th, 2009 | No Comments »
This has to be the most-asked question we receive here at Mini Me Geology. Question: What are the hollow ball-like objects, such as quartz, which are found in sedimentary rocks?
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on June 22nd, 2009 | No Comments »
Kids will learn about some of the Earth’s most beautiful and interesting rocks in Mini Me Geology’s Sedimentary Rock collection.
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Rocks on June 17th, 2009 | No Comments »
New question from Mini Me Geology’s Ask-a-Geologist Feature! Question: What are some household items made out of igneous rock?
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on June 12th, 2009 | No Comments »
Arkose is a beautiful sedimentary rock that is typically gray, pink or red. This coarse-grained rock forms when igneous rocks break apart and the pieces travel to a river, lake or ocean.
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Rocks on June 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
