Earth's Minerals Scratch Patch

(From the Scratch Pad Website)    
The Scratch Patch is a fun family experience - interactive gemstone collecting/treasure hunt that is educational, and fun for the whole family. Visualize an extra large sandpit, but in stead of sand it is filled with over 150 varieties of sparkling natural smooth tumbled gemstones from all over the world. You sit among thousands of gemstones and "scratch" for your favorites then fill a bag to take home with you.      
You only pay for the bag, not the weight, or type of stones. Identification of the gemstones cannot be easier with our identification chart. Put an identification chart up in your home, every time you walk past it, take a minute to stop, pick up a rock from your collection and search for its name on the chart.      
You can also put these gemstones in potted plants, in aquariums, in the garden, in a beautiful class faze for decoration in your home, you can use them for mosaic art, put them in your bathroom or simply hold them in your hand to inspire you with its texture, beauty and color.