DANCING BEAR Rock, Mineral & Geodes Treasure Hunt Activity Kit (250 Pc Set) Real Shark Teeth Fossils, ID Sheet & Rock Book, STEM

Hannah RoderickUnited States

So beautiful !!

This kit was amazing, well beyond the expectations that I had for it! The second date I had with my boyfriend, he surprised with this beautiful amethyst kind of crystal, and it instant.y became our thing. He called them "pretty rocks" and would surprise me out of the blue with them, dropping them off in my classes, or placing them in his pockets for me to find. I started giving them back to him, as I had already had a pretty huge collection due to my aunt who like to explain the healing properties of a bunch of them to me when I was younger. But recently I've started running low, and have been wanting to buy more pretty rocks to keep up my tradition with him. I searched around amazon and finally stumbled upon this kit. I will admit I was a little apprehensive when I first saw the price, but this is well worth your money. Not only does this kit come with so, so many pretty rocks, like my and my boyfriend's favorite, tiger's eye, but it also comes with sharks teeth, arrowheads, crystals, and even geodes to crack on your own. This kit also came with an identification sheet, more information on all the rocks, crystals, shark teeth and instructions on how to crack the geodes safely, which really was the cherry on top of this amazing kit. I was a little confused as to why there were pebbles in the bag, but when reading another review, I've found out that they just make it more fun to dig through to find the pretty rocks, which is a really smart idea for kids! I was a little sad because the "root", I guess you could say, was broken off most of my sharks teeth, but I think it was just the handling of the bag during shipping. But the dust and sand in the bag really adds to the authentic feel of this kit. I would highly, HIGHLY recommend this to anyone who is interested in these kinds of rocks, because it was so, so awesome. I can't wait to give these pretty rocks to my boyfriend, with so many this'll last me a long, long time!

MpstarUnited States

Excellent collection, lots of variety, impressive fossils

Bought as an activity for me with my 13, 10, and 8 year old nieces/nephew. Tons of variety, a lot of pretty ones, some polished and some not. (Note, there are two different sets offered in this listing—I bought the larger set, 250 pieces.) We enjoyed matching up all the rocks with the chart. I think we found all of them. They were wanting to take their favorite rocks home, but I like the set too much to break it up. In other words, it's MINE! :) I was obsessed with rocks and fossils as a kid and this kit would have been a dream come true. There's an accompanying booklet that we ended up using quite a bit, especially to learn about the fossils (which were still in the taped-up box in this video). I read them the page about "coprolite"—which yes, is found in this box too—and the youngest thought that was absolutely hilarious. I was surprised to read that one of the fossils in the box is something that has been extinct for millions of years, wow! We took the two geodes out to the driveway, put each one in an old sock, and hit them with a hammer. One cracked easily and looked like we hoped inside, hollow-ish and sparkly. The other took awhile to crack and was just solid hard crystal inside, which was less exciting. But it's always a gamble with geodes. The extra pound of "small tumbled stones" adds some extra interest and gives you something to "dig through" if you mix all the stones together. (The ones that we matched with the chart are generally larger in size and nicer looking than the small tumbled stones.) We didn't have time to do the crystal growing kit. Excellent value! I will look at this company for future gifts!

AntonioItaly

Esattamente quello che mi aspettavo! Bellissimo

Esattamente quello che mi aspettavo dalle recensioni lette. Una scatolina con una busta per le pietre (polverose) ed una per i due noduli da rompere. Tantissime pietre, alcune veramente molto belle, le dimensioni variano molto, ce ne sono svariate grandicelle, sono soddisfatta, inoltre vi sono qualità in numero superiore al tabellone di riferimento, che è veramente molto utile. È bello avere pietre naturali e lucidate per capire le differenze. Le pietre naturali sono difficili da riconoscere, ma le sfide mi divertono. Belle le punte di lancia anche se , mischiate alle altre pietre , si sono un po' scheggiate, io le avrei messe a parte. Non so cosa ci facciano i denti di squalo o le punte di lancia nel kit, ma credo che per i bambini punte di lancia e denti di squalo siano il massimo, lo trovo divertente. Sono veramente contenta e appena potrò ne prenderò un altra confezione.

CalHuffUnited States

Really fantastic kit, fossils are especially neat!

I bought this as a Christmas present for my nephews, and I cannot recommend it highly enough for any little geologists in your lives. They fossils are easily the best part, but the quality and diversity of other rocks in the kit is also amazing. I would recommend getting your own magnifying glass, as the one provided came a bit scratched up. It is a children's toy, but it was essentially useless. other than that, we had such a good time matching the rocks to the chart, studying the different rocks' marks, colour, and character, and even got a rock and crystal identification book out and learned more about their structures. It was such a cool way to do something educational and also really, genuinely enjoyable. My nephews are five, for reference, but my niece, who is four, also joined in and was perhaps the most enthusiastic of the bunch.