{ "generated": "2026-10-19T23:30:43Z", "source": "sites/lithorium-dev/js/catalogue.js", "count": 56, "page_url_note": "Every specimen has its own page at /shop//.", "price_note": "price_usd is present only where the piece is listed for sale. Its absence means the piece is photographed but not priced.", "specimens": [ { "id": "agate-pyramid", "collectible_id": "earth-agate-pyramid", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Agate Pyramid", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/agate-pyramid/", "hero_line": "The bands are in there. The camera keeps missing them.", "size": "about 2 inches across the base", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 6.5, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 6.5-7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "banded chalcedony", "luster": "waxy to greasy", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "A polished agate pyramid, milky white with a broad apricot zone through one face and nested concentric bands that only show up in the right light. Held against something dark the pale areas turn faintly blue, which is light scattering off silica fibers too small to see rather than any blue mineral being present.", "description": [ "The bands are the reason this is an agate rather than plain chalcedony, and they are also the hardest thing about it to photograph. In most light the stone reads as a soft apricot-into-white gradient. Turn it until the light rakes across the face and nested arcs appear, following the wall of the cavity the silica grew into, one layer at a time.", "The blue is a separate trick. Chalcedony is quartz grown as fibers packed too finely to resolve, and that structure scatters short wavelengths the way the atmosphere does. Put the pyramid on black and it goes blue. Put it on white and the blue vanishes. Nothing about the rock changed." ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/agate-pyramid-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/agate-pyramid-1.jpg", "/img/shop/agate-pyramid-2.jpg", "/img/shop/agate-pyramid-3.jpg", "/img/shop/agate-pyramid-4.jpg" ] }, { "id": "lemurian-cluster-92g", "collectible_id": "shop-lemurian-cluster-92g", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "available", "name": "Silver Lemurian Quartz Cluster", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/lemurian-cluster-92g/", "hero_line": "Starbrary Record Keeper.", "price_usd": 295, "stock": 1, "size": "3.9 in (tallest point)", "weight": "92 g (3.25 oz)", "origin": "Corinto, Brazil", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "quartz variety", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "This 92g cluster comes out of Corinto, Brazil, one of the main sources for true Lemurian quartz. It’s a solid piece with tall, clear terminations on a crystalline base, strong striations down the sides, and internal rainbows that show up in good light.", "features": [ "Well-defined striations that mark it as a Lemurian", "Channeler formation with a clear 7-sided face", "Starbrary surface markings and etchings", "Record Keeper triangles on multiple terminations", "Good optical clarity with areas that go water-clear", "Slight silver tone that sets it apart from standard Lemurians" ], "description": [ "Collectors and energy workers both value these for the striations and Record Keepers. The lines are considered the “hallmark” of Lemurian crystals, and in metaphysical circles they’re thought of as carrying stored knowledge. It's a visually impressive cluster with multiple sought-after features. It works just as well in a collection as it does as a display or meditation piece.", "You’ll get the exact piece shown in the photos." ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/lemurian-cluster-92g-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/lemurian-cluster-92g-1.jpg", "/img/shop/lemurian-cluster-92g-2.jpg", "/img/shop/lemurian-cluster-92g-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "box-display-large", "collectible_id": "shop-box-display-large", "kind": "box", "availability": "available", "name": "Raw Crystal Display Box, Large", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-display-large/", "price_usd": 89.99, "size": "7.5 x 4.5 x 4 inches", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed quartz on onyx chip base", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "This is a curated raw crystal display box on a black onyx chip base - currently the biggest box with the biggest rocks. Unless you want a 10lb chunk of quartz for your garden.", "description": [ "Bottom right we have a nice tangerine quartz with some hidden terminations, very clean. Above that is lithium quartz, I believe it's quite spiky on the opposing surface as well, if I recall. In the middle is a solid smoky quartz cluster with some real dark coloration. It's got some battle scars and blemishes, but why seek perfection when you can have relatability.", "Leftmost is vibrant chunk of citrine quartz, cooked medium-well, I'd say. Those three smaller rocks, they're sitting on a natural snowflake obsidian floating shelf, which is floating on another natural obsidian pillar. Collected those myself. Outermost small pieces are both fairly low-grade rutile and garden quartz respectively.", "The one in the middle, the freckle-speckled rose quartz, that's the real centerpiece. From Tanzania, worth looking into if you're into mineralogy. Or if you have the equipment to facet. If not, it's a pretty pink rock with little green specks, and you should still feel good about owning it.", "A random selection of 10-20 small tumbled chips, up to ~1/2cm, and 2-3 tumbled stones up to ~1cm are included in each order. The possibilities are endless.", "All orders come with an additional surprise that I hope you'll enjoy, repeat customers get a continuation of said surprise. If you'd like some science info cards about the mineralogy of these rocks, or if you'd prefer metaphysical cards, send a message when making your order. Just want to buy one rock? Maybe, but you'll have to be persuasive.", "Loose stones are kept secure in EcoEnclose bubble wrap replacement, everything else is sturdy to ship. Box opens display-ready. Specimens secured with Geotac for shipping but removable, easiest if you pull up slowly while twisting slightly back and forth.", "Oh, there's a polished amethyst stick, too." ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/box-display-large-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/box-display-large-1.jpg", "/img/shop/box-display-large-2.jpg", "/img/shop/box-display-large-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "box-display-medium", "collectible_id": "shop-box-display-medium", "kind": "box", "availability": "available", "name": "Raw Crystal Display Box, Medium", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-display-medium/", "price_usd": 58.88, "size": "4 x 4 x 2 inches", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed quartz on onyx chip base", "wheel": "violet", "blurb": "A box of raw crystals on a black onyx chip base.", "description": [ "The real winners include a clear quartz cluster with a smoky zone running through it, many small points, very sparkly. And a fuchsite quartz, which nobody on Etsy searches for despite it being super cool. I believe it's the most valuable piece here, and is also real life example of invisibility. #SearchForFuchsite", "The centerpiece is a large milky quartz cluster, and frankly, is probably the least appealing rock here. But it's the biggest, so it's the centerpiece. It's flanked by a neat tangerine quartz cluster with vibrant color and many terminations, so that about compensates for it.", "For some of the smaller additions, there's a nice slice of golden calcite, two amethyst sticks, a mid-quality polished prasiolite. A random selection of 10-20 small random tumbled chips, up to ~1/2cm, and 2-3 tumbled stones up to ~1cm are included in each order. The possibilities are endless.", "All box bundle orders come with an additional surprise that I hope you'll enjoy, repeat customers get a continuation of said surprise. If you'd like some science info cards about the mineralogy of these rocks, or if you'd prefer metaphysical cards, send a message when making your order.", "Assorted tumbled stones fill in around the base. Loose stones are kept secure in EcoEnclose bubble wrap replacement, everything else is sturdy to ship. Box opens display-ready. Specimens secured with Geotac for shipping but removable, easiest if you pull up slowly while twisting slightly back and forth." ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/box-display-medium-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/box-display-medium-1.jpg", "/img/shop/box-display-medium-2.jpg", "/img/shop/box-display-medium-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "box-global-tragedy", "collectible_id": "shop-box-global-tragedy", "kind": "box", "availability": "available", "name": "Rock Box: A Global Tragedy", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-global-tragedy/", "hero_line": "A global tragedy, boxed.", "price_usd": 48.88, "size": "4 x 4 x 1 inches", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "fossil, onyx and quartz", "wheel": "violet", "blurb": "You ever see a video where they lower a soda can into the ocean and pressure crushes it? Did you ever wonder, \"what shape should the can be so it survives longer?\" If so, I hope you found your calling as an engineer, or at least had a good shower.", "description": [ "The answer? A spiral. If we made soda cans in the shape of ammonite spiral, they'd be able to reach new oceanic depths. Absolute nightmare to drink from, though.", "Front center you have an orthoclopterus fossil, an ancient relative of the squid who liked to stay on the straight and narrow. That straight and narrow shell design looked impressive at first, but much like the modern soda can, it was easily crushed. Maybe by water, maybe by some predator who would have likened it to a crunchy slim jim.", "Perhaps their biggest mistake was not a lifestyle choice, but instead was to have existed before trees, 400 million years ago. The first land plants were just revving up their chlorophyll at the time, and that meant more nutritious soil. More nutritious soil gets washed down rivers and into oceans, where it creates more nutritious water. More nutritious water creates algae blooms.", "Algae was one of the first oxygen-eating organisms, and it's been around for a few extinctions. Probably helped push some of them along. With all that plant nutrient run-off, algae needed to wash down the good eats with some extra oxygen, which may have suffocated a large percentage of marine life, including our orthoscopic friends.", "That's just one theory. Regardless, the once abundant orthoclerosis went extinct, leaving behind no kin nor will. The ammonites kept the family name going for a while, with their improved spiral design that was very difficult for predators to drink from, but they threw in the towel with the dinosaurs. Today, the closest living relative is the nautilus, a creature which I cannot picture in my head no matter how many times I look it up.", "This box contains one remanent of a global tragedy, a chunk of lithium quartz, mid-grade prasiolite, clear-to-milky quartz point that's seen better days, a beautiful amethyst stick, polished rose quartz, aventurine, citrine point, and a fuchsite quartz point - which is a very cool rock that deserves far more appreciation than it gets.", "Also a random mix of of tumbles and chips, those shown in the photos as well as some extras. Oh, and a surprise, which is not a rock, but I hope you enjoy it.", "If you'd like science info cards that take science more seriously than this listing, let me know in messages. If you prefer the metaphysical take, rest assured someone more fit for the job than I will write those for you.", "Rocks sturdy and ship as is, fixed with GeoTac. To remove, pull up gently while twisting back and forth." ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/box-global-tragedy-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/box-global-tragedy-1.jpg", "/img/shop/box-global-tragedy-2.jpg", "/img/shop/box-global-tragedy-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "box-hematoid-opal", "collectible_id": "shop-box-hematoid-opal", "kind": "box", "availability": "available", "name": "Raw Crystal Box, Hematoid and Opal", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-hematoid-opal/", "price_usd": 27.99, "size": "4 x 4 x 2 inches", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed minerals on onyx chip base", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "A curated collection of 15+ raw crystal specimens displayed on a permanent black onyx chip base.", "contents": [ "Hematoid quartz (1)", "Opal (1)", "Golden calcite (1)", "Clear/milky quartz clusters (3)", "Milky quartz cluster (1)", "Moss agate (1)", "Strawberry quartz (1)", "Semi-polished amethyst point (1)", "Blue quartz (1)", "Assorted tumbled stones" ], "description": [ "This box features quartz clusters, opal, and a variety of raw minerals, arranged for display right out of the box. Specimens are secured with Geotac adhesive for shipping. Holds everything in place during transit, but stones are removable if you want to rearrange or handle them.", "Packed with EcoEnclose cushioning to keep everything secure. Ready to display on arrival." ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/box-hematoid-opal-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/box-hematoid-opal-1.jpg", "/img/shop/box-hematoid-opal-2.jpg", "/img/shop/box-hematoid-opal-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "box-amethyst-citrine", "collectible_id": "shop-box-amethyst-citrine", "kind": "box", "availability": "available", "name": "15+ Raw Crystal Collection", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-amethyst-citrine/", "price_usd": 23, "size": "4 x 4 x 2 inches", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed quartz on onyx chip base", "wheel": "violet", "blurb": "A curated collection of 15+ raw crystal specimens displayed on a permanent black onyx chip base.", "contents": [ "Blue quartz (1)", "Green quartz (1)", "Rose quartz (1)", "Strawberry quartz (1)", "Milky quartz (1)", "Chevron amethyst (1)", "Semi-polished amethyst points (3)", "Citrine points (3)", "Golden calcite (3)", "Assorted tumbled stones (~8)" ], "description": [ "This box features a variety of quartz family minerals and complementary specimens, arranged for display right out of the box. Specimens are secured with Geo-Tac adhesive on the onyx gravel base - nothing shifts on your shelf or in transit, stones can be easily removed.", "All specimens are natural and unpolished unless noted. Exact specimens may vary slightly from photos.", "Packed with EcoEnclose cushioning to keep everything secure. Ready to display on arrival." ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/box-amethyst-citrine-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/box-amethyst-citrine-1.jpg", "/img/shop/box-amethyst-citrine-2.jpg", "/img/shop/box-amethyst-citrine-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "raw-quartz-mini-stairs", "collectible_id": "shop-raw-quartz-mini-stairs", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "available", "name": "Raw Quartz with Iron Inclusions and Mini Stairs", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/raw-quartz-mini-stairs/", "hero_line": "It has adorable mini stairs.", "price_usd": 76.74, "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "quartz with iron inclusions", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "It's raw quartz. Got some iron, some healing energies, and these adorable mini stairs on top.", "description": [ "Never been a fan of the long titles and SEO-filled bios, makes it all feel a bit fake. So here you go. Raw quartz." ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/raw-quartz-mini-stairs-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/raw-quartz-mini-stairs-1.jpg", "/img/shop/raw-quartz-mini-stairs-2.jpg", "/img/shop/raw-quartz-mini-stairs-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "tooth-quartz", "collectible_id": "shop-tooth-quartz", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "available", "name": "Tooth Quartz", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/tooth-quartz/", "hero_line": "Harder than teeth.", "price_usd": 29, "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "milky quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "Harder than teeth.", "description": [ "Tooth enamel is about a 5 on the Mohs hardness, similar to apatite, which sounds just like \"appetite.\" In fact, enamel is mostly made of hydroxyapatite - that's how apatite got it's name. Some toothpastes use hydroxyapatite, aka toothrock, but you still shouldn't eat it. If you stir it up with some phosphoric acid and slaked lime, you get something called tricalcium phosphate, aka the yumrock, and *that* is a food additive. Now we're sounding appetizing. Is yumrock safe to eat? Who knows? Some concerned scientists tested commercial samples of yumrock, turns out some of it *is* toothrock. Really, they should have seen this coming - apatite is known to lie about it's identity. That's how apatite got it's name - from apatáō, Greek for ‘to deceive.’ To summarize, you shouldn't eat toothrock. But you are.", "Listing is for one hydroxyapatite-free chunk of milky quartz. Kind of shaped like a tooth." ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/tooth-quartz-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/tooth-quartz-1.jpg", "/img/shop/tooth-quartz-2.jpg", "/img/shop/tooth-quartz-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "fuchsite-phantom", "collectible_id": "shop-fuchsite-phantom", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "available", "name": "Fuchsite Phantom Quartz", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/fuchsite-phantom/", "hero_line": "Hide from your enemies.", "price_usd": 18, "stock": 23, "origin": "Madagascar", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "quartz with a fuchsite phantom", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "green", "blurb": "A quartz point with a cone of green fuchsite sealed inside it. The green looks like it is floating in midair, and that is an optical illusion rather than a trick of the photograph.", "description": [ "1. In The Beginning, There Was Green. Roughly 500 million to a billion years ago, specks of fuchsite began to form deep underground in Madagascar. You’ll see these as small, green dots forming a cone near the base or interior of the quartz. They look like they’re floating, suspended midair, but that’s an optical illusion (see below for more - or don't, if you've had enough already).", "2. Reach for the Sky. Roughly 300-600 mya, quartz crystals began to grow around and over the fuchsite. It soon left little space for fuchsite's growth, closing in until only small passages remained open - so as the quartz grew, thin whisps or trails of fuchsite continued extending outward into the growing crystal. This marked the beginning of concurrent growth, where both minerals grew at the same time, shaping each other.", "3. The Mist. In later stages, quartz kept growing, but the conditions were no longer right for fuchsite to crystallize cleanly. The result? A cloudy green haze, likely formed from fuchsite that either didn’t fully form or got trapped as smaller particles and inclusions. These areas might look soft and undefined, like green mist sealed inside stone.", "4. Entombed. Eventually, the fuchsite growth stopped entirely. But the quartz kept going - often forming a final, clear outer layer. That’s why some crystals seem sharp and glassy on the outside but have clouds or sparkles of green deep inside. It’s like a story frozen in layers: fuchsite at the center, trails in between, a misty middle, and a clear ending.", "What’s up with the title? The fuchsite cone is actually solid, continuous sheets composed of tiny, near-hexagonal plates. These plates are flat, but facing all different directions. Like the mirrors on a disco ball, the angle they sit at changes where they will reflect light to. The fuchsite crystals you can see are those plates angled just right to reflect light into your eye. The others reflect it away from you - no light reaches your eye, so there's nothing to see. This is also why it looks like one layer of dots with more quartz underneath. You can't see it, but you can't see through it, either.", "I ran some numbers on how many you should be able to see at once. About 25 to 50 of those specks should hit just inside the fovea, the small patch at the center of your retina that does your fine detail. The slight bending through the quartz shifts the light just outside it instead, and that is what keeps them invisible.", "Modern stealth technology is based on this same phenomenon, and I believe Harry Potter's Cloak was about 35% fuchsite." ], "story": [ "In the beginning, there was green", "Reach for the sky", "The mist", "Entombed" ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-1.jpg", "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-2.jpg", "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-3.jpg", "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-4.jpg", "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-5.jpg", "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-6.jpg", "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-7.jpg", "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-8.jpg", "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-9.jpg", "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-10.jpg", "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-11.jpg", "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-12.jpg", "/img/shop/fuchsite-phantom-13.jpg" ] }, { "id": "milky-quartz-bulk", "collectible_id": "shop-milky-quartz-bulk", "kind": "lot", "availability": "available", "name": "Milky Quartz Chunks, Bulk", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/milky-quartz-bulk/", "hero_line": "Enough quartz to heal the whole family.", "price_usd": 2, "price_unit": "per lb", "origin": "a mixed lot", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "milky quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "Enough quartz to heal the whole family.", "description": [ "$2/lb, message if you want more pictures to choose specific pieces, or certain size. They range from dust to volleyball." ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/milky-quartz-bulk-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/milky-quartz-bulk-1.jpg", "/img/shop/milky-quartz-bulk-2.jpg", "/img/shop/milky-quartz-bulk-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "lithium-quartz", "collectible_id": "earth-lithium-quartz", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Lithium Quartz", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/lithium-quartz/", "origin": "Minas Gerais, Brazil", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "quartz with mineral inclusions", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "violet", "blurb": "Clear quartz veiled in pink by lithium-bearing minerals like lepidolite. The color sits in soft clouds and phantoms inside the crystal, never on the surface.", "story": [ "Quartz, plain and clear", "A wash of lithium pink", "Phantoms set in the points", "Out of the Brazilian hills" ], "image": { "path": "/img/lithium-quartz.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "citrine", "collectible_id": "earth-citrine", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Citrine", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/citrine/", "origin": "Brazil", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "quartz variety", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "yellow", "blurb": "Quartz in warm honey yellow, colored by traces associated with iron in the crystal. Druzy citrine like this throws light off hundreds of tiny faces at once.", "story": [ "Iron in the crystal", "Heat, deep and slow", "A field of yellow points", "Brought up by the bucket" ], "image": { "path": "/img/citrine.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "tangerine-quartz", "collectible_id": "earth-tangerine-quartz", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Tangerine Quartz", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/tangerine-quartz/", "origin": "Minas Gerais, Brazil", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "iron-oxide-coated quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "Clear quartz wearing a thin skin of iron oxide. The orange is hematite that settled onto the crystal faces rather than color inside the quartz.", "story": [ "Quartz grows clear", "Iron settles on the faces", "A skin of hematite orange", "Washed, never dyed" ], "image": { "path": "/img/tangerine-quartz.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "petroleum-quartz", "collectible_id": "earth-petroleum-quartz", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Petroleum Quartz", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/petroleum-quartz/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "quartz with fluid inclusions", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "yellow", "blurb": "Clear quartz with pockets of trapped oil still sitting inside it. The yellow blobs are the giveaway in daylight; under a UV lamp the same pockets answer back in bright blue-white, which is how you tell petroleum from ordinary iron staining.", "story": [ "Oil moves through the rock", "Quartz grows around a droplet", "The pocket never drains", "Blue-white under the lamp" ], "image": { "path": "/img/petroleum-quartz.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "tourmaline-quartz", "collectible_id": "earth-tourmaline-quartz", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Tourmaline in Quartz", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/tourmaline-quartz/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "quartz with tourmaline crystals", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "green", "blurb": "Pale green tourmaline blades grown straight through milky quartz. Tourmaline builds long prisms with grooves running down their length, so the green arrives as stripes rather than clouds.", "story": [ "Two minerals, one pocket", "Tourmaline grows in blades", "Quartz fills the space around it", "Cut across, the green runs through" ], "image": { "path": "/img/tourmaline-quartz.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "lemurian-quartz", "collectible_id": "earth-lemurian-quartz", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Lemurian Quartz", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/lemurian-quartz/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "quartz variety", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "Clear points carrying ladders of fine horizontal lines across their faces. The striations are growth steps, a record of the crystal widening in pulses instead of all at once, and they are what the name is pointing at.", "story": [ "Growth arrives in pulses", "Each pause leaves a step", "Ladders across the faces", "Read them like tree rings" ], "image": { "path": "/img/lemurian-quartz.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "alligator-quartz", "collectible_id": "earth-alligator-quartz", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Alligator Quartz", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/alligator-quartz/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "iron-stained quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "Massive quartz stained gold and amber where iron-bearing water ran through its cracks. The color follows old fracture lines, so each broken face shows a different map of where the water went.", "story": [ "Quartz cracks underground", "Iron water finds the cracks", "Gold settles along the seams", "Break it and read the route" ], "image": { "path": "/img/alligator-quartz.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "diopside-quartz", "collectible_id": "earth-diopside-quartz", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Diopside Quartz", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/diopside-quartz/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "quartz with dark mineral inclusions", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "violet", "blurb": "Pale pink quartz peppered with sharp black inclusions. The host is unmistakably quartz; the dark flecks are a second mineral that was already there when the quartz grew around them, and they scatter through the pink like ground pepper.", "story": [ "A dark mineral forms first", "Quartz grows around it", "Pink clouds the whole piece", "Black specks, all the way through" ], "image": { "path": "/img/diopside-quartz.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "galaxy-cluster", "collectible_id": "earth-galaxy-cluster", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Galaxy Cluster", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/galaxy-cluster/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 6.5, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 6.5-7" }, "system": "trigonal, microcrystalline", "family": "botryoidal chalcedony", "luster": "waxy, with a druzy crust", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "Chalcedony that grew outward in rings instead of points, then finished with a crust of tiny sparkling quartz crystals. Sliced across, the growth bands circle a center like something seen through a telescope.", "story": [ "Silica gel fills a cavity", "It hardens ring by ring", "A druzy crust grows last", "Cut it and find the spiral" ], "image": { "path": "/img/galaxy-cluster.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "quartz-cluster", "collectible_id": "earth-quartz-cluster", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Quartz Cluster", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/quartz-cluster/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "quartz variety", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "A plate of quartz points that all grew from the same surface at the same time. Every crystal ends in the same six-sided shape, which is the clearest demonstration here that quartz has one habit and sticks to it.", "story": [ "One surface, many seeds", "All of them grow together", "Six sides on every point", "The habit never varies" ], "image": { "path": "/img/quartz-cluster.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "raw-obsidian", "collectible_id": "earth-raw-obsidian", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Raw Obsidian", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/raw-obsidian/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 5, "max": 5.5, "label": "Mohs 5-5.5" }, "system": "amorphous, no crystal structure", "family": "volcanic glass", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none; conchoidal fracture", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "The odd one out: lava cooled so fast that no crystals could form at all, leaving glass. It has no crystal system and no cleavage, and it breaks in smooth curved shells that hold an edge sharper than a scalpel.", "story": [ "Lava meets cold air", "Too fast for crystals", "Glass, straight through", "It breaks in curved shells" ], "image": { "path": "/img/raw-obsidian.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "aragonite-star", "collectible_id": "earth-aragonite-star", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "available", "name": "Aragonite Star Cluster", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/aragonite-star/", "hero_line": "A false hexagon, honestly made.", "price_usd": 5, "set_price_usd": 12, "set_label": "Three clusters together", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 3.5, "max": 4, "label": "Mohs 3.5-4" }, "system": "orthorhombic", "family": "calcium carbonate", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "one distinct direction", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "Rust-orange prisms that grew outward from a shared center in every direction at once. Three crystals repeatedly intergrow at sixty degrees here, which fakes a six-sided shape from a mineral that is really orthorhombic. It is softer than quartz and will fizz in acid.", "story": [ "Three crystals share a seed", "They twin at sixty degrees", "Prisms fire off in all directions", "A false hexagon, honestly made" ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/aragonite-star-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/aragonite-star-1.jpg", "/img/shop/aragonite-star-2.jpg", "/img/shop/aragonite-star-3.jpg", "/img/shop/aragonite-star-4.jpg", "/img/shop/aragonite-star-5.jpg", "/img/shop/aragonite-star-6.jpg", "/img/shop/aragonite-star-7.jpg" ] }, { "id": "raw-quartz-01", "collectible_id": "earth-raw-quartz-01", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Raw Quartz No. 1", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/raw-quartz-01/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "massive vein quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "Massive quartz stained tan and gold along the seams where iron-bearing water once moved through it. The color sits in bands rather than spots, which is how you read the direction the water traveled.", "story": [ "Water finds a crack", "Iron rides along with it", "Gold settles in bands", "Read the bands, read the route" ], "image": { "path": "/img/raw-quartz-01.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "raw-quartz-02", "collectible_id": "earth-raw-quartz-02", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Raw Quartz No. 2", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/raw-quartz-02/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "massive vein quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "A heavy block of quartz still wearing its host rock, with green and turquoise mineral patches on one face. The quartz grew in a vein and this piece kept the wall it grew against.", "story": [ "Quartz fills a vein", "It grows against the wall", "The wall comes away with it", "Two rocks in one piece" ], "image": { "path": "/img/raw-quartz-02.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "raw-quartz-03", "collectible_id": "earth-raw-quartz-03", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Raw Quartz No. 3", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/raw-quartz-03/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "massive vein quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "White quartz that broke along flat faces rather than crumbling. Quartz has no cleavage, so those flats are fracture surfaces, not planes the crystal was built to split on.", "story": [ "No cleavage in quartz", "It breaks where it must", "Flat faces, not built ones", "A useful thing to feel" ], "image": { "path": "/img/raw-quartz-03.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "raw-quartz-04", "collectible_id": "earth-raw-quartz-04", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Raw Quartz No. 4", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/raw-quartz-04/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "massive vein quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "The heaviest piece on this page: a long loaf of milky quartz with a soft, greasy sheen. The milkiness is millions of microscopic fluid pockets trapped as the crystal grew.", "story": [ "Quartz grows fast", "It traps water as it goes", "Countless tiny pockets", "Clear turns to milk" ], "image": { "path": "/img/raw-quartz-04.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "raw-quartz-05", "collectible_id": "earth-raw-quartz-05", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Raw Quartz No. 5", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/raw-quartz-05/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "massive vein quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "A hand-sized wedge of white quartz, flat enough on one side to sit still on a shelf. Plain, and useful for exactly that reason.", "story": [ "Nothing exotic here", "Silicon and oxygen", "The commonest recipe on Earth", "Still worth holding" ], "image": { "path": "/img/raw-quartz-05.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "raw-quartz-06", "collectible_id": "earth-raw-quartz-06", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Raw Quartz No. 6", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/raw-quartz-06/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "massive vein quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "A blocky white chunk with a granular, sugary surface where it weathered. Set it beside a glassy piece to see how much the same mineral can change on the outside.", "story": [ "Same mineral, twice", "One kept its glass", "One went to sugar", "Weather did the rest" ], "image": { "path": "/img/raw-quartz-06.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "raw-quartz-07", "collectible_id": "earth-raw-quartz-07", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Raw Quartz No. 7", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/raw-quartz-07/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "massive vein quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "Small and sharply angled, close to a rough pyramid. Good for a pocket or a first specimen, and light enough to carry without thinking about it.", "story": [ "A small break from a big vein", "Angles, not curves", "Light in the hand", "Somewhere to start" ], "image": { "path": "/img/raw-quartz-07.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "raw-quartz-08", "collectible_id": "earth-raw-quartz-08", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Raw Quartz No. 8", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/raw-quartz-08/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "massive vein quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "A broad cream-white slab, wider than it is thick, showing the flat sheet shape a quartz vein takes when it fills a crack rather than a cavity.", "story": [ "A crack opens underground", "Silica floods in", "It sets as a sheet", "The crack is now a rock" ], "image": { "path": "/img/raw-quartz-08.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "raw-quartz-09", "collectible_id": "earth-raw-quartz-09", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Raw Quartz No. 9", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/raw-quartz-09/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "massive vein quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "A rounded mass of white quartz with the softened edges of a piece that has been moved and knocked about rather than freshly broken.", "story": [ "Broken loose", "Carried, knocked, rolled", "Edges wear down", "Time rounds everything" ], "image": { "path": "/img/raw-quartz-09.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "raw-quartz-10", "collectible_id": "earth-raw-quartz-10", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Raw Quartz No. 10", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/raw-quartz-10/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "massive vein quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "green", "blurb": "A large white piece carrying pale green zones where a chromium-bearing mineral got caught in the growing quartz. The green sits inside, not on the surface.", "story": [ "Quartz starts growing", "A green mineral drifts in", "The quartz grows around it", "Sealed, and still green" ], "image": { "path": "/img/raw-quartz-10.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "raw-quartz-11", "collectible_id": "earth-raw-quartz-11", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Raw Quartz No. 11", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/raw-quartz-11/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "massive vein quartz", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "A quartz vein still locked into its blue-gray mica schist. The schist is the older rock; the white quartz is the newer intruder that forced its way through it.", "story": [ "Schist forms first", "It gets squeezed and folded", "Quartz pushes through later", "The order is readable" ], "image": { "path": "/img/raw-quartz-11.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "box-01", "collectible_id": "earth-box-01", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Collector Box One", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-01/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "violet", "blurb": "Amethyst points, rose quartz, a green aventurine pebble and pale calcite, set in black gravel in a wooden tray. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/box-01.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "box-02", "collectible_id": "earth-box-02", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Collector Box Two", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-02/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "Orange calcite and amethyst beside a banded blue-gray chalcedony, with smaller tumbled pieces filling the gravel around them. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/box-02.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "box-03", "collectible_id": "earth-box-03", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Collector Box Three", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-03/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "green", "blurb": "A green aventurine slab and a lilac quartz block anchor this one, with clear points and a yellow calcite wedge alongside. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/box-03.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "box-04", "collectible_id": "earth-box-04", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Collector Box Four", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-04/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "Built around a hollow agate half with a druzy lining, joined by fluorite, amethyst and a green jasper pebble. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/box-04.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "box-05", "collectible_id": "earth-box-05", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Collector Box Five", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-05/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "A large orange calcite mass with a long amethyst point laid beside it, plus pale calcite and clear quartz in the gravel. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/box-05.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "box-06", "collectible_id": "earth-box-06", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Collector Box Six", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-06/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "yellow", "blurb": "The most varied of the six: lapis blue, a druzy agate button, blue kyanite blades and a scatter of tumbled colors. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/box-06.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "box-basic-quartz", "collectible_id": "earth-box-basic-quartz", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Basic Quartz Box", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-basic-quartz/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "violet", "blurb": "The starter mix. Amethyst points, rose quartz, clear quartz and a yellow calcite wedge, chosen so no two pieces look alike. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/box-basic-quartz-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/box-basic-quartz-1.jpg", "/img/shop/box-basic-quartz-2.jpg", "/img/shop/box-basic-quartz-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "box-calcite", "collectible_id": "earth-box-calcite", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Calcite Box", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-calcite/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "yellow", "blurb": "Calcite in several moods at once: sulfur-yellow, orange, and a pale blue-green piece, which is the point of putting them side by side. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/box-calcite.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "box-galaxy", "collectible_id": "earth-box-galaxy", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Galaxy Box", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-galaxy/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "Orange calcite, a banded chalcedony rosette, amethyst and red jasper on black gravel, named for the rosette in the middle. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/box-galaxy-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/box-galaxy-1.jpg", "/img/shop/box-galaxy-2.jpg", "/img/shop/box-galaxy-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "box-galaxy-2", "collectible_id": "earth-box-galaxy-2", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Galaxy Box Two", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-galaxy-2/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "The second galaxy build: lapis, a druzy agate button and pale opalescent pieces, arranged and ruled for scale. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/box-galaxy-two-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/box-galaxy-two-1.jpg", "/img/shop/box-galaxy-two-2.jpg", "/img/shop/box-galaxy-two-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "box-large-orange", "collectible_id": "earth-box-large-orange", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Large Orange Box", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-large-orange/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "Led by a single large orange calcite, with amethyst, rose quartz and a green pebble filling out the tray. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/box-large-orange-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/box-large-orange-1.jpg", "/img/shop/box-large-orange-2.jpg", "/img/shop/box-large-orange-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "box-large-orange-2", "collectible_id": "earth-box-large-orange-2", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Large Orange Box Two", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-large-orange-2/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "A second orange-led build. Rose quartz and amethyst points sit either side of the calcite centerpiece. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/box-large-orange-2.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "box-large-white", "collectible_id": "earth-box-large-white", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Large White Box", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-large-white/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "White and clear throughout: a long milky quartz piece, an orange druzy cluster for contrast, and amethyst at the edge. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/box-large-white.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "box-lithium", "collectible_id": "earth-box-lithium", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Lithium Box", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-lithium/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "violet", "blurb": "Built around a pink lithium quartz plate, with amethyst, green aventurine, a banded gray stone and clear points around it. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/box-lithium.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "box-medium-1", "collectible_id": "earth-box-medium-1", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Medium Box One", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-medium-1/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "Citrine and clear quartz clusters with an amethyst point, tighter and warmer than the larger builds. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/box-medium-1-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/box-medium-1-1.jpg", "/img/shop/box-medium-1-2.jpg", "/img/shop/box-medium-1-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "box-selenite", "collectible_id": "earth-box-selenite", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Selenite Box", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-selenite/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "violet", "blurb": "Amethyst, rose quartz and clear blades in a pale, soft-toned mix, with a green aventurine pebble for weight. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/box-selenite.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "box-shell", "collectible_id": "earth-box-shell", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "Shell Box", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-shell/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "Named for the hollow agate half at its center, which sits open like a shell. Amethyst and tumbled color fill the rest. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/box-shell.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "box-white-quartz", "collectible_id": "earth-box-white-quartz", "kind": "box", "availability": "preview", "name": "White Quartz Box", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/box-white-quartz/", "origin": "a curated box", "family": "mixed specimen box", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "A quiet, mostly white build: massive quartz and clear points with a single green piece and one amethyst to break it up. Contents are the pieces shown. Mineral names here are read from the photograph, not from laboratory testing.", "story": [ "Pieces chosen one at a time", "Laid out on black gravel", "Nothing here matches", "That is the point" ], "image": { "path": "/img/shop/box-white-quartz-1.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" }, "gallery": [ "/img/shop/box-white-quartz-1.jpg", "/img/shop/box-white-quartz-2.jpg", "/img/shop/box-white-quartz-3.jpg" ] }, { "id": "lot-mixed", "collectible_id": "earth-lot-mixed", "kind": "lot", "availability": "preview", "name": "Mixed Rough Lot", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/lot-mixed/", "origin": "a mixed lot", "family": "assorted rough", "wheel": "violet", "blurb": "A tray of rough offcuts in every color the shop carries: amethyst, rose quartz, clear points and pale green pieces. Sold as a lot rather than as named specimens.", "story": [ "Not everything is a specimen", "Some of it is just rock", "That is worth selling too", "Buy it by the pile" ], "image": { "path": "/img/lot-mixed.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "lot-gcw-mixed", "collectible_id": "earth-lot-gcw-mixed", "kind": "lot", "availability": "preview", "name": "Green, Clear and White Lot", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/lot-gcw-mixed/", "origin": "a mixed lot", "family": "assorted rough", "wheel": "green", "blurb": "Rough chunks weighted toward green and white, with pink and yellow scattered through. A working lot for tumbling, teaching or filling a display.", "story": [ "Not everything is a specimen", "Some of it is just rock", "That is worth selling too", "Buy it by the pile" ], "image": { "path": "/img/lot-gcw-mixed.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "lot-raw-quartz-bulk", "collectible_id": "earth-lot-raw-quartz-bulk", "kind": "lot", "availability": "preview", "name": "Raw Quartz, Bulk", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/lot-raw-quartz-bulk/", "origin": "a mixed lot", "family": "assorted rough", "wheel": "neutral", "blurb": "Plain white quartz by the pile. No single piece is a showpiece, which makes it the honest way to buy quartz for a classroom or a garden bed.", "story": [ "Not everything is a specimen", "Some of it is just rock", "That is worth selling too", "Buy it by the pile" ], "image": { "path": "/img/lot-raw-quartz-bulk.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } }, { "id": "fish-rock", "collectible_id": "earth-fish-rock", "kind": "specimen", "availability": "preview", "name": "Fish Rock", "page_url": "https://lithorium.rocks/shop/fish-rock/", "origin": "source not recorded", "mohs": { "min": 7, "max": 7, "label": "Mohs 7" }, "system": "trigonal", "family": "quartz in stained host rock", "luster": "vitreous", "streak": "white", "cleavage": "none", "wheel": "orange", "blurb": "White quartz threaded through a darker host rock and stained gold along every crack. The name is the shop's, and it is about the outline rather than the mineralogy.", "story": [ "Quartz fills the gaps", "Iron stains the edges", "The outline suggests something", "Names stick anyway" ], "image": { "path": "/img/fish-rock.jpg", "credit_file": "/img/credits.md" } } ] }