Palmdale Gem and Mineral Club

Lake Baikal in Siberia produces an incredible phenomenon when the weather turns bitterly cold.As the world's deepest and most voluminous freshwater lake,it has ...a geography that produces the gravity-defying sight of rocks teetering on ''legs'' of ice.The wonder is know as ''Baikal Zen'' (Dzen) in reference to the stacking of stones found in Japanese garden. First,the stones have to be frozen to the ice-which isn't too much of a challenge cousidering the frigid temperatures for which Siberia is known.Then,the lake's high winds must act like chisels to eventually whittle the chunks of ice into tiny shelves-and shallow recession-that can still support the weight of the rocks.Only then do these stones achieve their moment of zen See more

Good afternoon! Here's a shot from Tahquitz Falls yesterday in Palm Springs..

Pamukkale, Turkey

Here's a smoky Quartz inspired building in France

Lake Superior Sagenite Agate.

People are so creative!

Whoa!! now that's a saw!

This looks like a pretty cool idea.

Look at the crystal structure on this beauty!

How about one of these instead of a Christmas tree this year?!?!

I kinda want a geological explanation for this.

I know it's space rocks, but hey, it's still rocks!!

This is sooo cool!!!

Now this is rock carving!!