Hanson rock wall

South Hill resident Sunny Hanson and her husband , Roger, are avid rockhounds for decades. They had bins of minerals and rocks in their backyard which they used to buid a rock wall

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Wed., April 14, 2021

Many different types of rocks were used in the freestanding wall in South Hill couple’s backyard.

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Avid rockhounds Roger Hanson and Sunny Armstrong-Hanson had bins and bins of minerals and rocks in their backyard. They had thought for years about building a wall with them. It took many months for stonemason James Konkle of Black Diamond Masonry to construct the nearly 5-foot freestanding structure.

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Roger Hanson displays a large section of Brazilian amethyst geode in his South Hill home.

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Sunny Armstrong-Hanson displays a pallasite, a rare type of meteorite.

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Roger Hanson uses an ultraviolet light to show the colors of a fluorescent rock.

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Roger Hanson talks about how he cuts the geode rocks in his collection.

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