Six years ago this morning at a quarter after 11 A.M. the M6.5 San Simeon Earthquake struck the Central Coast of California epicentered un...

Twenty-four years ago today my life changed forever. It was a foggy Tuesday morning the week of Thanksgiving and my father and I were hard...

Eclectic Arcania is Back! It was three months ago this date that we last posted on Eclectic Arcania. Much has happened since that time, m...

I snapped this photo at my friend Steve Shear's place in the Adelaida area last week. It shows the skin of a gopher snake it shed as i...

Our friends Ben & Eileen Halpin of Chico sent me some more photos of their recently discovered Nephrite boulders from a friend's ra...

We Are a No Show This Weekend We pulled out of the Rockatomics Gem & Mineral Society's Rockhound Roundup this weekend right at ...

My friend Ben and Eileen Halpin of Chico recently rockhounded at a friend's ranch in the Stonyford, CA , area and found some suspected...