Sandstone

Sandstone

Type	Mineral
Location	Geode; Omni Geode
Sell Price	60g

Sandstone is a geode mineral found in plain Geodes and Omni Geodes. It is one of the cheaper minerals in a plain Geode, worth only a little more than the unopened stone. Once Clint's fee is paid, a Geode that turns into Sandstone earns less than it would have unopened. Its real value lies elsewhere: the first piece fills a museum slot, and at the Sewing Machine it makes the dyeable Backpack Shirt. It also gives a yellow dye at the dye pots in 2 Willow Lane.

The in-game description reads: A common type of stone with red and brown striations.

Location

Each plain Geode has about one chance in thirty-two of holding Sandstone. Omni Geodes can hold it as well, but at roughly a third of those odds, since they cover every geode mineral.

Rocks on floors 1 to 39 of The Mines drop Geodes most often. Rocks on the Farm and around the valley drop them too, and Duggies drop one about a quarter of the time. Fishing Treasure Chests, the Garbage Can beside the museum and a full Stonefish Fish Pond add more. On the Hill-top Farm and the Four Corners Farm, Geode Nodes can appear in the small quarry.

Omni Geodes drop from rocks below floor 20 of The Mines and in the Skull Cavern. Krobus sells one on Tuesdays, and the Oasis sells them on Wednesdays.

Clint at the Blacksmith opens geodes for a small fee. His Cave Patrol special order rewards the Geode Crusher recipe, which opens them at home. Daily luck leaves the contents unchanged. The Excavator profession at Mining level 10 doubles the chance of finding geodes, which helps fill the museum faster.

Prices

Sandstone sells for only a little more than an unopened Geode. Clint's fee eats most of that margin, so selling the Sandstone leaves less money than selling the Geode would have. The Gemologist profession at Mining level 10 adds thirty percent, which turns that loss into a very small gain.

A Crystalarium copies Sandstone in about three and a half days, the same as other geode minerals. That earns under 20g a day, so the machine belongs to a gem or to Star Shards instead.

Uses

Donating the first Sandstone to Gunther adds it to the museum's mineral collection. Every mineral donated moves Gunther's milestone rewards closer, and the fiftieth brings a free Crystalarium.

Putting Sandstone and Cloth in the Sewing Machine makes the dyeable Backpack Shirt. Sandstone also fits the yellow dye pot at Emily and Haley's house at 2 Willow Lane.

Gifts

The Wizard likes Sandstone. Its low price makes it one of the cheaper ways to please him.

Sandstone is a poor gift for the shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy. The same goes for the Dwarf, Krobus and Sandy, and for the older residents Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam. The children Jas, Leo and Vincent share that view, and so do the bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam, Sebastian and Shane. A disliked gift costs friendship, so Sandstone should go to nobody but the Wizard.

Notes

Spare Sandstone is worth more as a Wizard gift than as a sale. Before cracking a pile of Geodes, keep a few aside: Sunfish and Stonefish ponds and the Raccoon at the Giant Stump can all ask for plain Geodes.

All Geode Minerals

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Image	Price
Aerinite		125g
Alamite		150g
Baryte		50g
Basalt		175g
Bixite		300g
Calcite		75g
Celestine		125g
Dolomite		300g
Esperite		100g
Fairy Stone		250g
Fire Opal		350g
Fluorapatite		200g
Geminite		150g
Ghost Crystal		200g
Granite		75g
Helvite		450g
Hematite		150g
Jagoite		115g
Jamborite		150g
Jasper		150g
Kyanite		250g
Lemon Stone		200g
Limestone		15g
Lunarite		200g
Malachite		100g
Marble		110g
Mudstone		25g
Nekoite		80g
Neptunite		400g
Obsidian		200g
Ocean Stone		220g
Opal		150g
Orpiment		80g
Petrified Slime		120g
Pyrite		120g
Sandstone		60g
Slate		85g
Soapstone		120g
Star Shards		500g
Thunder Egg		100g
Tigerseye		275g