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Miners Rock Shop

Rock shop in Tempe run by a family of miners, with a UV room, an open workshop and a Facet Club

Where
1103 W Fairmont Dr, Tempe, AZ 85282
Sells
Arizona and world minerals, crystals, gemstones, geodes, fossils, fluorescent minerals, faceting and cabbing rough, lapidary supplies, faceting and cabbing machines, rock tumblers, rockhounding tools, handmade jewelry
Classes
Faceting (Facet Club), jewelry making and silversmithing
Mining claims
Five, in Arizona
Run by
Sonseeahray (Sonny) and Sam Baar
Phone
(602) 345-1050

Family shop with a lapidary lab, UV room and jewelry classes

Shop with a storefront

In Tempe, Arizona.

What they sell: Mineral specimens · Rough & slabs · Lapidary equipment · Fossils · Classes & training

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Where to use your gear near Tempe

31 gem and mineral spots on open public land with no claim on record, within 50 miles.

Nearest open public land on our fossil and meteorite map: about 80 miles away.

There are more on the map, some of them with a possible mining claim.

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About Miners Rock Shop

Miners Rock Shop grew out of family trips into the Arizona desert. The Baars staked five mining claims across the state, collected minerals themselves and sold them at rock and mineral shows, and in 2020 opened a one-room shop in Tempe. It has since spread through several rooms.

Co-owner Sonseeahray "Sonny" Baar is a miner, lapidary artist and silversmith who cuts stones from the family's claims and makes most of the jewelry in the shop herself, and she runs the business with Sam Baar. The back of the shop is open to visitors, so you can watch stones being cut and polished. The family also runs the Facet Club, where gemstones are faceted in house and students learn to do it themselves, along with classes in jewelry making and silversmithing.

For collectors there are minerals from Arizona and around the world, crystals, gemstones, geodes cracked on the spot, fossils, and a dark room of fluorescent minerals under UV light. For cutters the shop sells faceting and cabbing rough, lapidary supplies, faceting and cabbing machines, rock tumblers and rockhounding tools. Native American art bought directly from the artists, and animal paintings by the youngest member of the family, hang among the stones.

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Access

1103 W Fairmont Dr, Tempe. Open Wednesday to Sunday, 10 am to 7 pm.

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