Welcome to Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop online! 

     Hello everyone!

     Don't forget that the birthstone for July is Ruby.  We have incredible Ruby beads and gemstone jewelry.  We also have some great mineral specimens and carvings.       

     A new collection of artifact arrowheads has just arrived. There are points with amazing color from N.E. Ohio; obsidian & agate gempoints from Oregon; a rare full-groove warclub from New York and more!

      Also, we have recently acquired a HUGE collection of fossils from Braidwood Illinois. They are primarily flora collected in and around the Shadow Lakes area. Some of the smaller ferns are already out in the shop for between $4.50 to $7.50. As we have time to sort through the collection, who knows what we’ll find! We’ll keep you posted!

     We just received an awesome collection of handaxes and scrapers made by neanderthal and homo erectus hominids.  These particular artifacts were found mostly in north Africa and parts of Spain and France.  The neanderthal tools are between ~80,000-100,000 years old.  The homo erectus tools are much older ~450,000-600,000 years old.  We also recieved a large collection of artifact arrowheads and knife blades made by modern humans that inhabited North America.  

          One last thing...

     Maybe some of you saw the video(or if you were lucky maybe saw the real thing!) of the meteorite that created a huge fireball above parts of Illinois/Wisconsin/Iowa/Minnesota border area.  It was truly amazing!  Check it out here:               http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/100415-meteor-in-wisconsin-fireball-sky/    

     We have a great selection of space rocks from other meteorites.  Nickel-iron, stony, and pallasite meteorites both large and small, as well as some jewelry items with meteorites in them.  So stop by and check it out if you ever wondered what a meteorite looks or feels like!

      We appreciate the overwhelmingly positive feedback from our customers over the years about our old website.  However, we have decided to update the site to be more consistent with what is happening in the world of Dave's Rock Shop today.  While much remains the same here at Dave's after almost 40 years of buisiness (thats right...40 years!),  many of the items featured on the old site found good homes, with good people a long time ago!  Also, we have significantly expanded our inventory to include many more minerals, fossils, gemstones, crystals, jewelry, and Native American art. 

     Our mission remains the same both in the shop and on online - to offer a wide variety of the most unique, high quality items at a fair price, and to educate our customers to the best of our ability about the items we sell.  Stop by often, as we will frequently be updating and adding new things to the site and the shop!

                                                                                 Thanks,

                                                                          Dave and friends.