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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 13/08/2026

We’re on our way to setup for the WAMS End of Summer Show in west Salem, OR! Come find us outside at booth 18, look for the Estwing and Jolly Rockhound flags! We’re bringing tools, tons of mineral specimens, slabs, rough rock and MERCH GALORE! #rckhnd #rockshow #gemshow #rockhound #crystallover

Event poster showing a gem mining sluice trailer, text reads "Willamette Agate & Mineral Society's End of Summer Rock Show. Come check out the vendors and mine your own gems! August 14-16, 2026, Friday 9-5, Saturday 9-5, Sunday 10-4. Polk County Fairgrounds, 520 S Pacific Hwy W, Rockwell, OR 97371"

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 12/05/2026

Long time no posts, sorry!! 😞 Washington/Seattle-area folks: come see us this weekend at the Seattle Mineral Market! Excited to be in this show, we’ve got some special mineral specimens to share 😍 Bringing the sparkly and unusual things, and a whole batch of new BITTY STICKERS (they’re smol.)

The 18th Annual Seattle Mineral Market, May 16-17, 2026. $7 at the door. Saturday 10-6, Sunday 11-5. Magnuson Park, Hanger 30 Bldg, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 09/03/2026

It’s officially official!! ☠️💎⛏️🪏

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 01/12/2025

Hello, hello! (Crawls out from under a rock.) Do you celebrate holidays in December involving ornaments? Would you be interested in a rockhound/geology themed one?? Here’s our 2025 collection! rckhnd.com/collections/... #rockhound #geology #ScienceGifts

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Holiday Ornaments

Let’s go look for rocks! 🪨 Quality geological and rockhounding tools, original rockhound clothing, geology stickers, rock pun merchandise and more, handmade with care (and lasers!!) by two nerdy peopl...

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 28/10/2025

We were in a hotel room Saturday night recovering from a long day at the Springfield Gem Show when we realized there was a ROCKHOUNDING commercial on and it referenced LEAVERITE and we both yelled “WHAT?!?” in unison 😂 youtu.be/Vcfn6jJ4gDo

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Joy in Retirement with Beth K. – Physicians Mutual Commercial

YouTube video by Physicians Mutual

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 23/10/2025

Omg we just got an order!! 🤩 Thanks Jerry, packing it up now! 🔨

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 07/10/2025

Our registered trademark for RCK HND is official as of today!! (But backdated to last year when we filed 🙄😅) So excited!!!

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 30/09/2025

New things in the shop as we prepare for (hopefully!!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻) an influx of visitors from our very first advertisement 😱 Including… this (sorry-not-sorry, space friends.) Also available in two other shirt styles, and as a sticker. #rckhnd #rockhounding #nasa #rocks

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ROCKS Meatball Logo Gildan Unisex Classic Tee

Please note: this brand of shirt is more "classic fit". If you prefer a slightly fitted softer look, see the Bella+Canvas version. For a v-neck, click here. If you obsess over space and rocks in equal...

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 19/08/2025

Hometown Heroes event in Port Orford, OR was a really fun time! Met some folks, sold some rocks, bought the most beautiful loaf of sourdough I’ve ever encountered. (Seriously.)

2 Rock Nerds booth, with our original crazy agate banner because we haven’t gotten a new RCK HND one yet. It hides the top of our “10x10” canopy which clearly isn’t actually ten feet wide grr. It is still a drizzly morning at this point.

So many flats of polished specimens and lovely agates for sale, polished by us (mostly Danielle.)

Yes I took a portrait-setting photo of this beautiful sourdough boule with leaf patterns cut into the sides, don’t judge me. It smelled and tasted INCREDIBLE.

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Jeremy Sell @jeremysell.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

The Sideling Hill roadcut in western Maryland is a textbook example of a syncline. Here the sedimentary rock bedding has been folded into a U-shape by compressive tectonic forces. The corresponding A-shaped anticlines on either side have been eroded away. I-68 west of Hancock Maryland, 02 Nov 2010.

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 18/08/2025

My first thought was, wow that’s a CRAZY piece of Willow Creek. …but it DOES look like a sandwich. 🤔

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 13/08/2025

Vendor schedule: 8/16 - Hometown Heroes 5K, Port Orford, OR 9/13-14 - Florence Gem & Mineral Show, Florence, OR 9/27 - Made in Southern Oregon, Central Point, OR 10/25-26 - Springfield Thunderegg Club Gem Show, Springfield, OR (Tentative) 11/1-2 - Rogue Gem & Mineral Show, Grants Pass, OR

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 11/08/2025

You may find yourself asking, “can I lick this rock?”* We’ve taken the periodic table of elements and made a color-coded key to danger levels. Now available as a sticker! rckhnd.com/products/per... *Please don’t lick rocks. 🪨 #rockhounding #geology

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Periodic Table of Lickability Clear Vinyl Sticker

The age old question : can I lick this rock?* This helpful periodic table is color-coded to guide your choices, available as a clear vinyl sticker! 5” wide x 2.6” tall! Designed and printed in Oregon....

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 26/07/2025

While I rebuild our website (because the checkout inexplicably didn't work, SORRY, SO SORRY), let me show off a new feature we're proud to offer: custom laser engraving on your Estwing tool of choice! Shown here is my new engraved Burpee Pick (a smaller version of the Geo/Paleo Pick, with magnets!)

The back of the Estwing Burpee Pick, a small one-handed version of a bladed pick axe. The hand tool is powder-coated in blue metallic paint over stainless steel, with a rubberized textured blue handle. There are three rare-earth magnets embedded in the head in a triangle pattern. Engraved on the concave angled neck in a large script is the name "Gonturan", with "the Blue Sword" in a smaller, serif, Art-Nouveau styled font.

Close-up of the custom engraving on the concave angled neck, showing the large script "Gonturan" and "the Blue Sword" in an Art-Nouveau styled font. Because a pretty blue rock pick can be a sword, and I'm a huge fan of Robin McKinley's Damar series.

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 22/07/2025

So today we discovered the checkout for RCKHND.com wasn’t working, had not been working, despite having tested okay and changing nothing. We’re putting it back on our previous e-commerce platform so the buying-things part actually works, and we’ll be back in a few days. So sorry. So embarrassing.

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 18/07/2025

So by way of introduction: hi, I'm Danielle. I use my geology degree to entertain and educate (to the point of annoyance) rockhounds on field trips, and my Graduate Gemologist diploma to help friends with their jewelry purchases, and (often) disappoint strangers by correctly identifying their gems.

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 18/07/2025

Me: explains new sticker idea Me: "see, it's a geology groaner!!" Him: "yeah... I don't think many people will get it." Me: nods enthusiastically

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 18/07/2025

Oh oh oh, it's MAGIC! When you figure out why your custom handle stopped working (forgot I updated my DNS to Cloudflare.)

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 17/07/2025

Finally, a pun solution to my sticker problem. 🤔 #TheWorldNeedsMoreGroanerGeologyStickers

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 17/07/2025

Just a note that the discounted preorder price ($36) is good through 7/31–after that it goes up! ☠️

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 17/07/2025

It’s been too long, BlueSky! And I have a gorgeous new tumbler to show you, featuring our latest design, the Jolly Rockhound! (Yes, we made flags. That’s another post.) As soon as I saw these ombré tumblers, I knew I needed to put a rock pirate on it. Preorder it here: rckhnd.com/product/preo...

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 05/03/2025

So this is one of two glorious 40 oz rainbow tumbler designs we’ll have at our booth next weekend (and thence online for sale, never fear.) AGATE ADDICT, because let’s face it, most of us are. No judgements here. #rockhounding #geology #nerdmerch

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 25/02/2025

It’s been a while since I posted, because we’re manufacturing our collective butts off 😅😅 for our first vendor booth! Let me start a 🧵 of new sticker drops as I get them online, starting with the newest and one of my favorites, I Heart Rocks! (Who doesn’t love rocks?!) rckhnd.com/products/i-l...

A clear vinyl sticker with a watercolor labradorite heart, text reads “I (heart) rocks” in black script with white outlines. The sticker lies on a grey wood desk with a polished specimen of labradorite and a small white limpet shell Danielle found recently at the Oregon coast.

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 27/01/2025

It’s been an interesting winter (read: unexpected equipment upgrades), but the good news is, better fancier printer = BETTER FANCIER STICKERS. This is a sample of what’s coming to the shop, on CLEAR VINYL with gloss UV coating!

A fan of four-inch vinyl stickers with styled stacked text that reads “agate licker”. The letters are outlined in black, and the words are filled with a background of peach and white agate, the banded pattern flows continuously across the letters. The banding is mostly horizontal across the word “agate” and bends diagonally downward to the right across the first few letters of “licker”, with a solid peach/orange center filling the rest of the word. Light reflects off the top of the sticker, showing the glossy top layer.

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RCKHND® @rckhnd.com · 29/11/2024

Launching our 1st seasonal offering: Christmas ornaments! If you’re like me (and I know *I* am) you’ve wondered, where’s the themed ornaments for ME as a rockhound/geologist/lapidary? Well my friend, look no further! Buy 2+ acrylic/wood ornaments and save $2 on each! rckhnd.com/collections/...

A dark purple glittery crystal geode ornament made of engraved wood and acrylic, resting in an open box. The lid is to the right, stamped in black with “RCK HND”, a rock hammer separating the two clumps of letters. To the far right, another similar ornament is shown from the back, with “2024” engraved at the top.

An aqua pearlescent crystal cluster wreath ornament made of engraved wood and acrylic, resting on a wood surface. The year 2024 is engraved at the bottom of the wreath.

A holographic glittery crystal geode ornament made of engraved wood and acrylic, resting on a wood surface.

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