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A message from Nick at Toprocks - Exciting News: Our Fresh Madagascar Treasures Have Arrived!
A message from Nick at Toprocks - Exciting News: Our Fresh Madagascar Treasures Have Arrived!
Dear Rock Folks, I hope this message finds you well and ready for some uplifting news!  After a patient wait of about 10 weeks due to the recent political situation in... Read more...
Toprock: A brief History - A note from our Founder - Nick May
Toprock: A brief History - A note from our Founder - Nick May
A NOTE FROM OUR FOUNDER Toprock is a family and friend business that originated in 1991 out of a profound love for nature and an insatiable desire to uncover its... Read more...
How ethical is our business? Our Toprock philosophy
How ethical is our business? Our Toprock philosophy
Dear All, We’re often asked this question. Nature conservation is at the heart of our lives. We live in an approximately 6000 acre Natural Protected Area with abundant wildlife, birdlife... Read more...
Madagascar: Physical and Cultural Landscape
Madagascar: Physical and Cultural Landscape
We have been in Madagascar for over 30 years. We have had several houses and offices over the years, mostly shared with our lifelong adopted family of Denis, Voahangy and... Read more...
Toprock Staff
Toprock Staff
Nick,  Tommy, Vusi, Wayne, Gaynor, Adre, Sam, Albert, Tsepang, Kath, Gavin, Trevor, Ali, Tobeka,  Garie, Trudy, George, Sipiwe, Jono, Tudor, Laura, Brian, Brandan. Our Malagasy Family (Denis, Voahangy, Raholy, Andy..a... Read more...
Our Wonderful Staff
Our Wonderful Staff
Most of you would have seen our email re updates on Toprock staff members, for those of you who haven't, here is a rundown on our team Nick - Rocks... Read more...
Rocks, Governments, and Industrial Action - Madagascar 2023!
Rocks, Governments, and Industrial Action - Madagascar 2023!
We are exceptionally blessed to have picked up so many new clients over the last several months! Whilst remaining grateful to all our existing and many long-standing clients, some of... Read more...
Shangaan Vs Chiredzi Amethyst
Shangaan Vs Chiredzi Amethyst
We often get the question about Shangaan Amethyst, and how is it different from what we call Chiredzi Amethyst. Hopefully the below will give some clarity. Classic Chiredzi material is very... Read more...
Covid-19 has robbed Toprock of FRIGGEN FUNKY THINGS! #MissingMadagascar
Covid-19 has robbed Toprock of FRIGGEN FUNKY THINGS! #MissingMadagascar
ROBBED OF FRIGGEN FUNKY THINGS!  Nick has been traveling to and from Madagascar to purchase rocks for going on 30 years, going there roughly every 3 or 4 months. This... Read more...
2020 FLASH BACK - Packing & Shipping - Before Christmas closure!
2020 FLASH BACK - Packing & Shipping - Before Christmas closure!
What our packing and dispatch area looks like just before our year end closing for Christmas! Organised chaos! Year end rush always has people in a panic! Vusi, Wayne and... Read more...
Lesotho - The Phuthi Nation - Albert's Mountain and ROCKS!
Lesotho - The Phuthi Nation - Albert's Mountain and ROCKS!
Introduction to Lesotho Lesotho, often referred to as the Kingdom in the Sky due to its high elevation, is a landlocked country entirely surrounded by South Africa. It's the only... Read more...
To Clean or Not to Clean - Sorry what was the question?
To Clean or Not to Clean - Sorry what was the question?
We Enhance - We Do Not Modify Our products are divided into two primary categories - Natural Or Polished.....this simply denotes the basic nature of the goods itself, but this... Read more...
Kulukuluku Chrysocolla Malachite Natural & Polished Free Forms "Abnormalities" & "Oddities" of regional material
Kulukuluku Chrysocolla Malachite Natural & Polished Free Forms "Abnormalities" & "Oddities" of regional material
Kulukuluku region of Congo yields some of the best Chrysocolla and Malachite specimens in the world. Perfectly intact material is mostly sold "as is" for specimens with other less perfect material... Read more...
Covid-19 Lock Down and Outbound Freight Build Up!
Covid-19 Lock Down and Outbound Freight Build Up!
After 6 weeks of lock down and borders closed - we had over 500 boxes of freight pending shipping! We are both thankful and blessed that exports have opened up! Read more...
March 2018 Wild Madagascar River Agate Trip
March 2018 Wild Madagascar River Agate Trip
In our quest for finding bulk quantities of agate and crystal geodes, we have had to source these from some of the most remote places in Madagascar... and some of... Read more...
Eudialyte OR Rubelite
Eudialyte OR Rubelite
A great debate! Eudialyte or Rubelite? Its from Madagascar! Read more...
Extra Large Specimens
Extra Large Specimens
Some XL pieces that have come through Toprock, just for interest.   Read more...
Some of the Toprock warehouses
Some of the Toprock warehouses
We have moved a lot over the years. As Toprock, We were originally at Silver Hills gemstone Shop many years ago (Hartebeesport, Transvaal (1991), Wholesale from Midrand (Gauteng, Johannesburg), Had... Read more...
Balgowan Warehouse
Balgowan Warehouse
We built a beautifiul thatch house and warehouse in the middle of a huge Forest in Kwazulu Natal Midlands at the foot of the Drakensburg Mountain region of South Africa.... Read more...
Mining and Minerals in Madagascar: A Challenging but Rewarding Journey
Mining and Minerals in Madagascar: A Challenging but Rewarding Journey
Mining in Madagascar presents unique challenges. Infrastructure limitations, traditional extraction methods, and complex administrative processes can make operations demanding. Despite this, the country is home to an incredibly welcoming and... Read more...
Chrysocolla: The Vibrant Blue-Green Gem of Copper Country
Chrysocolla: The Vibrant Blue-Green Gem of Copper Country
Chrysocolla: The Vibrant Blue-Green Gem of Copper Country Chrysocolla is a captivating hydrated copper silicate mineral, celebrated for its intense turquoise to cyan-blue colors and often botryoidal (grape-like) or massive... Read more...
Lwena Quartz: Cascading Beauty from Remote Congo
Lwena Quartz: Cascading Beauty from Remote Congo
Lwena Quartz: Cascading Beauty from Remote Congo These gorgeous quartz crystals hail from Lwena (also known as Luena), a remote area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo near the... Read more...
Big Things! Yummy - Sneak Peek
Big Things! Yummy - Sneak Peek
A sneak peak inside the Toprock Big Thing storage space! Loads of amazingly interesting and beautiful things!  Video by Nick May  Read more...
Museum Photo's
Museum Photo's
Some photo's of Toprock Museum. There are over 2700 different types of Minerals, Fossils, Gems, weird rocks and all sorts of strange kinds of stones. We have Meteorites, The largest... Read more...
My Collection
My Collection
Some photo's of my Mineral Collection. Over 3000 unique pieces of everything you can think of from Africa, with a few exotics from elsewhere. I have no criteria on collection... Read more...
Azurite: Deep Blue Treasures from Select African Pockets
Azurite: Deep Blue Treasures from Select African Pockets
Azurite: Deep Blue Treasures from Select African PocketsAzurite, the striking deep azure-blue copper carbonate mineral, is always a highlight in our collections - its rich color and varied forms make... Read more...
Large Items
Large Items
Some photos of some gorgeous large items that we have had in the past. If you are ever looking for those showpieces or jawdropper large specimens and crystals, let me... Read more...
More XL
More XL
More Large pieces that we have sold. Please contact me if you want to find out what sort of items we may have here, or know of in various places... Read more...
More Interesting Spheres
More Interesting Spheres
Some more interesting and beautiful spheres. Shattuckite(Congo), Malachite, Smokey Quartz, Amazonite, 150kg Rose Quartz ball, Celestite Crystal Geode Centred Sphere, XL Poducarpus Petrified Wood, Girasol pearl Quartz (Blue opal Quartz),... Read more...