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Alsace show - News story - 24 Jun 2019
I leave for the trade show in Alsace tomorrow, where I have a fairly small shopping list. Mostly topping up a few standard lines, though I will be looking for…
Website checkout - news story - 06 Dec 2018
I've had three customers over the past month or so tell me they had a problem when trying to add items to the cart on the website. I believe the…
Right, said Fred - news story - 27 Nov 2018
After seven years, Fred will be leaving Mr Wood's Fossils. It's been coming for a little while, as Fred submitted his PhD earlier this year and has been patiently waiting…
The Coming of the Crates - news story - 23 Mar 2018
My two weary, blue, plastic crates should be delivered from Bristol today, after the last leg of their journey from Tucson. That means around a ton and a half of…
Scottish minerals - news story - 14 Feb 2018
We have a fresh batch of Scottish minerals in stock, along with some English fluorite crystals and three pieces of Irish gold in quartz. Among the Scottish rocks, there are: Heulandite, chrysocolla,…
New stock - news story - 28 Jun 2017
The stuff I bought at the Alsatian trade fair last week should be with us on Friday or Monday. Not quite on the same scale as the Tucson shipment, but…
France - news story - 05 May 2017
Towards the end of next month I'll be off to my other regular trade fair, in Alsace. With stock levels as they are, I'm not really looking to bring much…
Tucson stock arrival - news story - 24 Mar 2017
The shop with the containers from Tucson is due to dock in Southampton this evening. From there, providing there are no delays going through customs, the containers are taken to…