News & Updates

Summer Season

The rain has arrived just in time for the Summer Season. This means that we have been busy bees with lots of visitors coming to see us. One of the only attractions around with a ro…

Selenite

Named after the greek word for the moon, Selenite crystals compose one of the largest crystals in the world. Picture is from Chihuahua, Mexico. The largest of those crystals weigh…

Golden Gypsum

We have been busy restocking our shelves with lots of new minerals and fossils. Golden Gypsum is just one of the new pieces we have, it's stunning golden crystals on a solid matrix…

Amethyst

With its deep and rich colour, Amethyst is always one of our most popular crystals. Found in Brazil and Africa, much of it is more than 250 million years old. It is a type of quart…

Easter Excitement

It has been a busy few weeks for us at Treasures, the Easter holidays have brought us a mixed bag of weather but on the wet and windy days we have welcomed lots of customers. New u…

Bismuth

Natural or Man Made? We get asked this a lot in the shop, and people are surprised to find out that the intricate and seemingly geometric shapes it creates are completely natura…

Getting Started

Welcome to our first ever blog! We hope everyone likes our new website, for many years now our visitors have been asking for an online shop and so finally we have joined the 21st …