Ken graduated from Michigan Technological University in 1976. The native ore in its many different and fascinating forms is used for bookends, clocks, decorator pieces, and souvenir specimens.
Every piece is unique.
The retail store is a favorite gift shop for locals and tourists with a lively product mix that satisfies all tastes and pocketbooks. There s jewelry with diamonds, gemstones and Michigan minerals, copper household decorations, ornaments, agate suncatchers, and windchimes, tumbled stones, children s miner s hats, and elementary science projects, metal detectors and rockhounding tools. We also maintain a selection of books on area history, mining trivia, geology facts and local color. We offer complete jewelry fabrication and repair, bead stringing, custom lapidary work, special orders of the usual or unusual, and rockhounding tips and advice. We hope you enjoy our new online catalog.