How To Shop Our Store

First, we always show the specimen in a hand which is the best visual reference to determine how large the rock will be in real life. We always show the rock in both an adult and a child’s hand and we also show the rock or a group of the rocks with a ruler in the image as well.

The adult hand in our listing photos is an extra large adult hand, measuring 8 inches from the wrist to finger tips and XXL glove size. So if the rock looks large in our listing it will be even bigger in your hand when you receive it unless, of course, you also have an extra large hand.

BULK PURCHASE LISTINGS
Bulk purchase listings are used for types of minerals where every specimen is very close to the same quality, size and shape as every other specimen for that one type of product.

Bulk purchase listings save us labor time by not having to photograph and list every single specimen and saves you money on your purchases because we pass that savings on to you in lower prices.

All of our bulk purchase listings will have the following paragraph in the listing description. “You will receive one rock from the lot shown in the listing pictures” Please always look closely at the listing photo that shows the pile that we will select from to fill your order to ensure you will be equally satisfied to receive any one of those specimens.

SHIPPING
Our store only charges the same amount that USPS charges us to buy a shipping label to ship the products on your order. Unlike some sellers we do not profit on the shipping charge. We also never charge more than $8.00 for shipping no matter how many rocks are on your order. If it costs us more than $8.00 to ship your order we pay the extra fee as a courtesy to our customers that place larger orders.

BONUSES
You get 30% off when you buy 5 or more of our products! No promo code needed. Just any any 5 items to your cart and the discount will automatically appear. We do not mark our products up by 30%, we just make less on each rock but make it up by selling larger numbers of rocks. We do everything we can to help you build your collection without breaking your pocket book.

OUR PRICES
So how do we sell such large sized high quality specimens for so much lower prices than you see on other stores? Well, first, we are just not greedy. We simply enjoy sharing rocks and minerals with others and making an honest living. We have spent years researching and tracking down the miners who are mining the rocks or the suppliers that are buying directly from the miners. Cutting out countless middlemen dramatically lowers what we have to pay to bring the products to you. We have a global supply chain and can get almost any type of mineral and at much better prices than most rock shops.

OUR PHOTOGRAPHS
When you buy from Kidz Rocks, what you see IS what you get!

Photographing mineral specimens properly is quite complicated and a lot of sellers online do not know how to do it correctly. Using the right camera and using proper lighting for the specimen isn’t something, it’s everything. We feel that few, if any other, sellers do it right – the way we do.

Not to get too technical, but we not only use 4500 degree color temperature bulbs with the camera color temperature set to match the bulbs, we also use the only bulbs available on the market rated 100 CRI, made by Solux. CRI – Color Rendering Index – is a measure of the ability of a light source to reveal the colors of various objects faithfully, when compared with a natural light source. This method of photographing specimens does not change the colors of the specimens when seen onscreen, so color correction, or any other editing to the image, is unnecessary.

Online Library of Information About Rocks and Minerals
We have created a comprehensive library of information on our company website about the rocks we sell. For each rock it includes a general description, how it got its name, interesting facts, where it is found, what we do with it, the healing properties and the physical and chemical properties.
Click on “Learn About Rocks” on the website top menu to view the Library