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• Conglomerate vs Breccia

  [[conglomerate]] and breccia are both coarse-grained sedimentary rocks made of fragments (clasts) cemented by a finer matrix, but they differ in clast shape: [[conglomerate]]...

• Field Testing Hardness

  Coming soon. See also: [[Mohs Hardness Scale]].

• How to Clean Rocks

  Common Cleaning Methods

• How to Tumble Rocks

  This is a quick entry point to my tumbling notes. For a full guide, see [[Rock Tumbling]].

• Mohs Hardness Scale

  The Mohs hardness scale ranks minerals by their resistance to scratching, from 1 (talc) to 10 (diamond). It’s an ordinal, non-linear field test: if...

• Rock Tumbling

  If you are interested in my rock tumbling batches, check them out here: [[Tumbling Tumbling Batches]]

• Rockhounding 101

  The shores of Lake Ontario, shaped by glaciers and erosion, offer a treasure trove of collectible stones. From colourful [[notes/rockhounding/rocks/minerals/jasper]] to translucent [[agate agates]],...

• Rocks and Minerals

  ## A - [[agate]]