A few good cards picked up

- 1983 Donruss Lee Smith (Cubs) - HoF

- 1993 Topps Ryne Sandberg - All Star Card (Cubs) - HoF

- 1989 Donruss Carlton Fisk (White Sox) -  HoF

- 1987 Dwight Goodwin (Mets) - 

Rock/Mineral/Crystal mining in Kentucky again

We went Rock/Mineral/Crystal mining a couple times more in Kentucky again.  We found lots of sea fossil again like various plant and shells, but this time we also found coral.  Below are a few pieces that we found.

Yes, we had found some coral before, but this time we found a lot of coral fossils, and some types we don't normally find. These larger ugly red rocks are coral fossilized with calcite, quartz, and iron.  Looks ugly until you shine UV on it.  The Calcite becomes excited and glows neon red.  Another type of coral fossil we had not found in a while is the horned coral.

More and more dice.

 My dice collection has really become quite large now.  It is one of those things I don't have to try that hard to acquire as people like buying me dice.   The interesting thing about collecting dice and collecting crystals is that the two hobbies have collided.  Collided that I need my own storage for dice made out of crystals/rock/minerals.  This weekend I gained 9 more sets.  All because I publicly stated I thought it would be great if more would manufacture dice made from crystals. Of course many told me that was a horrible idea.... but, really nobody in their right mind would actually use them in a game.

The main takeaway though is that the price has really gone down and the manufacturing processes has become more streamline. 

So this weekend I got dice made out of the following:

- 2 sets of Lapis Lazuli

- Rhodolite

- Lepidolite

- Moss Agate (much different than my other Agate dice)

- Strawberry Quartz

- Tiger Eye (my favorite)

- Dragon Blood

- Blood Stone

Ya gotta admit that Dragon Blood and Blood Store are perfect for making dice from.

So what I think I'm going to do is make a video of all my crystal/mineral based dice and post soon.