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Cover of the Festival and Event Sales Guide Book

Behind the Book: The Festival & Event Sales Gui...

Long before Kyanite King was an online shop, our founder Nic Scogna was selling at festivals and trade shows — and wrote a book about it. Here's what's inside, and...

Behind the Book: The Festival & Event Sales Gui...

Long before Kyanite King was an online shop, our founder Nic Scogna was selling at festivals and trade shows — and wrote a book about it. Here's what's inside, and...

Labradorite cabochons, flat-backed and polished dome

What Is a Cabochon? A Beginner's Guide to the P...

A cabochon is a stone that's shaped and polished into a smooth dome rather than faceted — the most common cut for opaque and semi-translucent gemstones, and a great entry...

What Is a Cabochon? A Beginner's Guide to the P...

A cabochon is a stone that's shaped and polished into a smooth dome rather than faceted — the most common cut for opaque and semi-translucent gemstones, and a great entry...

Split ammonite fossil pair showing spiral chambers

Ammonite: 66 Million Years in the Palm of Your ...

Ammonites were coiled-shell relatives of the modern nautilus that vanished alongside the dinosaurs — and their fossilized spirals remain one of the most recognizable and affordable fossils a collector can...

Ammonite: 66 Million Years in the Palm of Your ...

Ammonites were coiled-shell relatives of the modern nautilus that vanished alongside the dinosaurs — and their fossilized spirals remain one of the most recognizable and affordable fossils a collector can...

Multicolor tourmaline chip bracelet

Tourmaline: The Gemstone of Every Color

Tourmaline occurs in more colors than almost any other gemstone — sometimes several within a single crystal — and even has an unusual party trick: rub it and it can...

Tourmaline: The Gemstone of Every Color

Tourmaline occurs in more colors than almost any other gemstone — sometimes several within a single crystal — and even has an unusual party trick: rub it and it can...

Polished nuummite cabochon showing dark iridescent flash

Nuummite: The Sorcerer's Stone

Nuummite is famous among mineral collectors as one of the oldest rocks on Earth, with true Greenland material dating back roughly 3 billion years — and its dark, shimmering flash...

Nuummite: The Sorcerer's Stone

Nuummite is famous among mineral collectors as one of the oldest rocks on Earth, with true Greenland material dating back roughly 3 billion years — and its dark, shimmering flash...

Sikhote-Alin meteorite specimen with sculpted iron surface

Meteorites: Holding a Piece of Outer Space

Every meteorite in our collection is older than the Earth itself — fragments of asteroids and planetary debris that survived a fiery fall to become some of the rarest specimens...

Meteorites: Holding a Piece of Outer Space

Every meteorite in our collection is older than the Earth itself — fragments of asteroids and planetary debris that survived a fiery fall to become some of the rarest specimens...