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🇨🇿 💫 #2 and #1 on our Top 10 Finds of 2024…

…Our individual best pieces of moldavite dug this November in Besednice, Czech Republic! We put these pieces at the top of this year’s rockhounding list for their unique beauty, the digging experience that went into finding them, and the adventure of exploring Český Krumlov and the surrounding area.

This is one of the few rockhounding experiences of the year that we didn’t have planned in advance; we didn’t know anything about it until we went to the Munich Gem Show in Germany. But taking the opportunity to visit Czech Republic on the fly ended up being one of our best decisions, and favorite places, on the Europe trip. This area of Czechia has a spellbinding beauty, and a sense of peace that felt different from anywhere else we visited.

Keith found the largest piece of moldavite in the last few minutes of our dig day (by now you know that this fits the pattern for my very gifted, very lucky rockhound of a husband). The moldavite twist was my personal best piece, and the delicate shape and hollow tubes running through it really set it apart from any other pieces we saw. Digging moldavite was something I’ve wanted to do for many years, so it was a real bucket-list experience! The combination of a super cool travel experience, new adventures, and exceptional moldavite from world-famous Besednice pushed these beauties to the top two spots on our 2024 list. Looking forward to the new experiences and new specimens 2025 will bring! 💫 🇨🇿

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Witold Pruszkowski - Falling Star, 1884.

"Marty"

2025, watercolor and gouache

Marty is an education bird where I work. Unable to be released right now, Marty is used to go on trips to events to educate folks about wildlife.

Takato Yamamoto: Fall in Love (1997)

Fotografía ganadora del premio People's Choice Award (Ami vitale) por el fotógrafo de vida silvestre del año de Natural_history_museum

Joseph Wachira consuela a Sudán, el último rinoceronte blanco del norte macho que queda en el planeta, momentos antes de su fallecimiento en Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy en el norte de Kenia.

Sufriendo de complicaciones relacionadas con la edad, murió rodeado de las personas que lo habían cuidado.

Con cada extinción sufrimos más que la pérdida de la salud del ecosistema.

Cuando nos vemos a nosotros mismos como parte de la naturaleza, entendemos que salvar la naturaleza es realmente salvarnos a nosotros mismos.

La esperanza es que el legado de Sudán sirva de catalizador para despertar a la humanidad a esta realidad.

Gold and emerald ring, Roman Spain, 1st century AD

from The National Archaeological Museum, Madrid

Kazuo Shiraga - Untitled