Gemstone and Rock Box Collection. Set of 2 Boxes

A good selection and a good price

I bought this to start my daughter's collection after she showed an interest in gemstones and where they come from. There is a nice selection here with some decent sized stones. There was enough variety and my daughter is very happy with them. There is a little card on the back of one of the boxes showing pictures of some of the stones you may find. If you want to be able to identify all the stones however, you will need to use a book. I bought the Everything Rocks and Minerals book, but although this is a good reference book in relation to how things are created and what happens to them, it's not really useful for identifying your gems. Would definitely recommend these stones. I liked them and my almost 7 year is very happy!

Nice selection of stones and rocks

This was a nice basic range of small stones that I bought for my son as he really love collecting minerals. The boxes came quickly and were packaged to prevent breakage. The boxes are a bit difficult to open.The only downside to the stones themselves is due to the fact I got them for a 6 year old. There is a mixture of sizes and about half of the stones are small chips or fragments. Cool to look at but not great for a small kid to handle. We separated those out into a clear bag so he can see them but not lose them. Less of a worry for an older collector.

Lovely crystals and came quite quick. But when I was cleansing the crystals one of them ( picture 2)S dye rubbed onto my finger and the sue seems rather strange sue the the small vinegar smell off it. That tells me that it has been treated but for the rest of them, they seem to be great :). The rock box consisted of mainly dyed Quarts, the Gemstone box was great though. Also came with a lot of rocks for the price.

Details of the sizes of rocks and gems included would be helpful. There were some small ones and others that were very small ones. I want to give them to people and so would have prepared to know the sizes. The actual boxes are very small but the images on Amazon do not convey this.

My Son gave me money for Christmas and this is what I spent it on to start my collection. My 6 year old Daughter had fun helping me get all the stones and rocks out of there packaging to have a look at, received some nice alright size stones, lots of tiny stones in the boxes though, I took the rocks and gems out and put the ones I wanted to keep in with my other gems, very pretty and great to begin collecting with.

My 11 year old son collects rocks and he lovely receiving these and sat for hours looking at every one, sorting the into there different types and explaining how they were all diffent.. Great item and fantastic value for hours of fun. He also enjoyed looking them up to find there correct names