Starting a Rock Collection Every stone has a story to tell! You ca n find rocks almost anywhere. Treasure Map TELLUS 1) Collect 2) Observe Identify and graph your GEMSTONES 01 0 2 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 3) Sort Name of Gem Color Trait Aventurine lt. green clear 4) Identify Agate various w/lines opaque Agate, Blue lt. blue cloudy 5) Display Agate, Moss clear w/gr. lines clear Agate, Leopard various w/spots opaque If you have gone gem panning at Amazonite gr. blue clear TELLUS, you may have already Amethyst purples clear Aquamarine lt. gr. blue clear collected samples of the Carnelian orange to red clear gemstones to the right. Observe Conglomerate blk. w/lg wt. spots opaque and sort your stones, usually by Dalmatian Stone wt. w/blk. spots opaque color first. Then further identify Garnet dk. red clear your stones by trait. You may fill Goldstone rust w/gold flecks opaque in the squares using a color pencil Hematite dk. silver mirror in the same color as the stone to Howlite white w/grey spots opaque record how many of each type you Jasper rust opaque Obsidian, Snowflake black w/wt. spots opaque found. Then you need to display Olivine olive green clear your collection on your graph, a Pyrite dk. gold mirror piece of fabric, in a box, on a shelf Quartz clear clear or in a drawer. Happy Collecting! Quartz, Milky cloudy white to opaque Quartz, Rose lt. pink cloudy Rhodochrosite dk. pink opaque ALWAYS ask permission and NEVER go collecting Sodalite dk. blue opaque by yourself! Thomsonite pink w/blk. spots opaque Tiger Eye brwn w/gld stripe opaque Tiger Eye, Blue blue w/blk stripe opaque Tiger Eye, Red red w/blk stripe opaque Turquoise blue green opaque Unakite peach w/gr. spots opaque .