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Spectral Stone will be at GeoFest 2026 at the Indiana State Museum this weekend. February 20th through 22nd, 10am to 5 pm.

From fossil fiends to crystal connoisseurs, there’s something for everyone at GEOfest!

Browse three floors and nearly 30 booths of vendors from across the country, selling a variety of items like beautiful gems, dazzling jewelry, giant geodes, incredible fossil and mineral specimens and more. With activities throughout the museum, children will enjoy digging into Indiana’s Ice Age past and testing their construction skills at the earthquake simulator. As part of the year-long celebration of America’s 250th birthday, you can discover more about Indiana’s geological history and learn which past U.S. presidents were fascinated with fossils. Walk through our galleries and the R.B. Annis Naturalist’s Lab to get a closer look at sparkling geodes, ancient fossils and geological artifacts.

Meet our friends from Irving Materials, Inc., who will have their cement truck here and help you make your own trilobite paperweight. You can also chat with the museum’s paleontologist and connect with several local science clubs and other community partners to learn more about earth sciences.

Green Moss Agate is known as the “Gardener’s Stone” for its connection to nature, it is used for jewelry, grounding, and promoting emotional stability, new beginnings, and abundance.

Key Characteristics and Uses:

• Appearance: Clear or milky white with, dendritic, fern-like green inclusions.
• Healing Properties: Believed to reduce stress, improve mental clarity, enhance physical health, and encourage stability.
• Jewelry & Decor: Commonly cut into cabochons for rings, pendants, and bracelets.
• Formation: Not a true banded agate, it is technically a dendritic chalcedony formed from weathered volcanic rock.
• Origin: Primarily sourced from India, though found globally, including Montana. 

It is often used as a pocket stone or in home decor for its calming, earthy energy. 

Is Moss Agate Expensive? – International Gem Society – International Gem Society | International Gem Society IGS

Now though February 22nd use code ‘Valentine’ for 10% off everything in your cart! Valentine’s Day, the 14th of February is on a Saturday this year, so there’s a little extra time for procrastinators.

Robert A. Heinlen, “Stranger in a Strange Land.”

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

John Green, “The Fault in Our Stars”

I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.

Albert Einstein

You can’t blame gravity for falling in love.

Bob Dylan, “If Not For You”

If not for you, my sky would fall. Rain would gather, too. Without your love, I’d be nowhere at all. I’d be lost, if not for you.

Franklin P. Jones

Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

Plato

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Elton John

I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words how wonderful life is while you’re in the world.

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Valentine’s Hearts in Sterling Silver and with crushed Amethyst. Find them all in the Hearts category.

Many people know that Valentine’s Day is named after St. Valentine. But did you know there are actually two St. Valentines? Nobody knows for sure if the holiday originally celebrated St. Valentine of Rome or St. Valentine of Terni, both of whom were martyred. Legends say that St. Valentine of Rome was a priest who defied the Roman Emperor Claudius II’s ban on soldiers getting married. He continued to marry couples in secret. Other stories say that he helped Christians escape Roman prisons. In addition, he fell in love with the jailer’s daughter and wrote her a letter signed “From your Valentine.”

Watch out around Valentine’s Day, or else you may be struck by Cupid’s arrow. According to Time, the ubiquitous cherub can be traced back to 700 B.C. In Ancient Greece, Eros, the Greek god of love, was depicted as a handsome young man and had the power to make people fall madly in love. Over time, he was adopted by the Romans and became known as Cupid. His image changed to the little boy with the bow and arrow. Because of his love-inspiring powers, he became linked to Valentine’s Day by the turn of the 19th century.