Meet Rolf Egberink
Stack of Stones is for all mineral and gemstone enthusiasts.
Both beginners and more experienced collectors, professionals and organizations will find knowledge, skills and answers to pressing questions from me.
I stand for ready-made and honest advice that you need to collect, ‘uncollect’ or (dis)buy with confidence and based on honest information.
I would like to introduce myself in a few words: Teacher, author, 40 year collector of minerals and gemstones and owner Stack of Stones.
This is how Stack of Stones is created
You know them “the collectors,” “the wonderers.
It starts as a child with bags full of stones, shells, fossils and bones, all of which had to come home with me.
I am a collector and pile of stones.
40 years ago as a lad I spread my treasures all neatly on a shelf in my bedroom.
The shelf quickly became too small and my parents always provided a space where I could display my collection.
The chicken coop was converted, later the attic room and even a separate part of the barn was turned into the museum “My Find” in Eibergen.
As I got older, I went all over the world to expand my hobby, knowledge and skills.
July 1983 Museum Chicken Coop
1988 My find
March 1990 Opening My Finding
July 1992 Quarry Juchem
More than 20 years ago, in early 2000, the deepening came and I became the proud owner of the Stone Room.
Here I gave courses and did research on various minerals and rocks.
Anno 2023 I have my collection on display in and on a beautiful 120-year-old oak museum cabinet in my home in Maastricht.
My proud collection of mostly minerals and gemstones.
Stack of Stones is independent and seeks to provide as many enthusiasts with a passion for minerals and gemstones, as possible, with much-needed reliable information in an honest honest honest manner.
As a collector, you often find or get stones whose names you don’t know, for example, when people from your area bring stones back from their vacations. Or you buy minerals or gems with a fancy name without knowing exactly what it is.
I have also been that collector who has made misbuys. Afterwards, the stone turned out to be something other than what I bought it for.
But the most difficult thing as a collector is “de-collecting,” saying goodbye to part of your collection. Although your collection often improves because of more focus and quality, it still feels unnatural to get rid of stones.
I am tremendously excited to transfer the knowledge I have gained over the past four decades to others! I have combined my skills as a teacher and my love to teach and enthuse others about rocks and geology in Stack of Stones. I try to convey the sometimes complicated subject matter in an accessible way: Geology for Everyone.