It`s been a long, looong time since I last posted.
A lot has changed, but all things for the better. In March 2017 my beautiful, second son was born. Since then life has been busy ;)
While on maternity, I devoted myself to improving my two Etsy shops:
NatureMagicStones and
RockyRoadMinerals. I was also working on a brand new project, my own shop
www.rockyroadminerals.com . I am absolutely delighted to announce, that the shop is now live and you are welcome to check it out! There is even a coupon code that you can use to get 20% off the entire shop until the end of February 2018- WELCOME20.
Throughout the year I have learned A LOT about minerals. I have been studying geology, crystal shapes and even metaphysical properties of stones, this is all very exciting and I try to learn more whenever I have a minute to spare. But because I really got into selling on the Internet, I`ve also spent weeks studying SEO, social media marketing, etc. I feel so much wiser than a year ago, but still too underinformed to solve some basic issues ;) Anyway, that will all come with time :)
I have been out collecting a few times. I went to Owenahincha (yes, again!) and found a few quartz points with Albite...
... I was in Clare where I found a huge Quartz cluster, and some tiny galena and pyrite, interesting stone concretions, and... where one of my chisels ended its life ;) ...
Then I went to the Burren that surprised me with its landscape completely. Bare mountains with interesting rocks formations, a great place for a hiking trip and... some mineral collecting! We hit a vein with deep-purple Fluorite (some specimens can be bought in the shops), such great stones we found!!!
In November I went to Dingle to collect some Kerry Diamonds and Jasper, you can read more about this trip
here
The two last photos show the same specimen straight from the rock and pampered by me :)
How do you like the shops and the stones?
