When I got to the French side of the Rhine and glided through the motorway my heart pounded like crazy – I was nervous, excited, curious about the experience that was about to c…

Eventhough I started to focus more on the hobby in 2017, in those 6 years until now I did not attend any of the big international mineral shows. Actually, up until 2023 I only a…

I’m a little hesitant to start because my original intention with Rockaholik was to create a „minerals only territory” but as I more and more feel a pull towards physical outdoo…

Have you ever got the itch to get out of the city really bad? Well, it’s not only you. Since April 2022 me and my wife adopted a little doberman and we love her sooo much! Thoug…

If you missed the first part of my Romanéchite story read it HERE

Being hooked at the first time I commited to come back to collect more Romanéchite which just happened on another glorious day in February 2021 together with my wonderful counte…

So at this time we’ve written 2020; the (first) year of the „virus”. It was a very weird and unusual time for a lot of reasons. First off, we barely had any mineral shows that c…

On a beautiful spring day in March 2020 I decided to go to a fairly unknown locality near the wonderful lake Balaton. This location produces interesting geodes which has the sam…