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These 2 videos show you around The Fossil Cartel store in downtown Portland, Oregon. Since we have so many customers worldwide who are not able to visit the store in person, we wanted to give you all a thorough glimpse of the inside of the store, located at 333 SW...
This brief video introduces Susan Landa, the founder and owner of The Fossil Cartel, and what inspires the woman behind The Fossil Cartel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE0F007F68Q
This video discusses and shows how to physically clean your precious minerals (as opposed to metaphysically). You love your rocks so you display them where you can see them, touch them, feel them. But unless you store your rocks in a closed container like a box,...
How to use healing stones to connect with your ancestors, perhaps in preparation for Halloween and Day of the Dead. Stones showcased include petrified wood, bloodstone, black obsidian, crysanthemum stone and stone skull carvings, especially quartz skulls. Part of our...
In this video, Susan chose to talk about fire opal and fire agate because of all the fires that were burning up and down the west coast, including the scarily nearby Columbia Gorge. Many people call all opals "fire" opals, but technically "fire" opals are only the...
The first video in our Metaphysical Mondays series on Facebook Live, coming to you live every Monday at 2:00pm PST. One of the most frequent requests in our store is for crystals and minerals for metaphysical protection. Susan discusses the healing stones featured in...
Have you ever wondered how to cleanse your crystals or healing stones? Metaphysical properties of minerals can be adversely affected by people or places. Or you may just want to renew or refresh the energy of your favorite crystals with any of these simple...
October has two birthstones to choose from: opal and pink tourmaline (aka rubellite). In this video, Susan discusses the metaphysical properties of both stones and showcases some of the store's many forms of each birthstone. Available in rough or tumbled specimens...
We have a lot of rainy days in Portland, so we came up with this healing pouch of Stones for Rainy Day Blues. Even if you don't suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), not seeing the sun for weeks or months at a time can really bring you down. Whether you love...
Stones can help balance or clear our chakras and charge them with positive energy. Each of these videos focuses on one of the seven chakras and talks about which healing stones and crystals are best associated with that chakra. All 7 videos are below, starting with...
When your state has one of the most beautiful gemstones in the world and you’re in the rock business, of course you’d want to go check out the area where they are mined. After 28 years of being in the biz, I finally got a chance. Our teenage kids had just got out of...
All of us at The Fossil Cartel love a great story. We could tell you stories for days about all the rocks and goodies we have in our store. That got us thinking, we bet you have great stories about your own collection of fossils, minerals, crystals, and other rock...
All August I was dreaming of being at the Denver Gem and Mineral show in September and finding beautiful treasures to bring back. It’s a highlight of my year and now that time has come and passed. It was wonderful as usual. There was only one year it...
Rockhounding is great for many reasons. One is that it takes you places you wouldn’t normally go. Whenever I travel, I try and recall if I know about any cool stones that come from the area. In May I went to Southern California for a wedding and remembered there is a...
The 2016 Tucson Gem Show was amazing as usual. This year we were especially impressed by all the gigantic specimens. There usually are some extremely big pieces at the show, but this year topped the charts. We saw the largest amethyst cathedrals we’ve ever seen as...
Pantone Color of the Year: Rose Quartz and Serenity Fashion and rose quartz have always fascinated me, especially why people wear what they wear and how fashion reflects the times. We'll take a look at both topics. You can take any point in history, look at the...
January Birthstone is Garnet January’s birthstone is garnet which is known to inspire passion, love and loyalty. The most popular color is red, but did you know garnet also comes in several colors? The garnet family is one of the largest in the world. Garnet actually...
Coming soon, we'll discuss everything you want to know about the 2016 Pantone color of the year: Rose Quartz!
We are so thankful for our customers! We had a fun night with our customer appreciation night! On December 5th The Fossil Cartel was very happy to offer dinner, shopping, drinks, and a special sale at our 2nd Annual After Hours Holiday Shopping Party. The free event...
In a world of constant change, the one thing you can always count on is change. Expectations may go unmet, but if you expect change you will never be disappointed. Managing change is not easy, but this blog post will show you some stones that may help you manage the...
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