Staurolite
FEATURED MINERAL – STAUROLITE Taos Rockers featured mineral is Staurolite. The word staurolite is derived from the Greek stauros - cross, and lithos - stone: referring to its cruciform twinning. ... Read More
Welcome to Taos Rockers!
Your one stop shop for top quality gems, minerals, and fossils since '08.
✨Specializing in the minerals of New Mexico.💎
About Taos Rockers storefront
In our store an international collection is displayed in three showrooms including many museum-grade specimens representing every continent except Antarctica.
Our hours:
Monday - Sunday 10am - 5pm
We will be welcoming customers inside, while observing all public health mandates in New Mexico regarding the Covid-19 outbreak.
We will be welcoming customers inside, while observing all public health mandates in New Mexico regarding the Covid-19 outbreak.
Closed during Fiestas De Taos & Christmas Day
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Shungite ~ Featured Mineral
... The deposit of Shungite in Karelia was formed about 2 billion years ago and extends over 9,000 sq km ( 3,475 sq miles). The deposit has been estimated to contain more than 250 gigatonnes of carbon reserves. The deposit is found within a sequence of Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks - the main accumulations are concentrated in 9 layers, ranging in thickness from 5 meters (16 ft) to 120 meters (400 ft) . The sequence is dated by a gabbro intrusion, which gives a date of 1980±27 Ma, and the underlying dolomites, which give an age of 2090±70 Ma 9 and demonstrates a significant difference between shungite & petroleum/coal (200-250 Ma). ...
