Anna Maria Rocks
Come see Anna Maria Rocks, #1 store on Anna Maria Island on TripAdvisor for the last two years. They are now 3 times larger than they were before. Come and shop for fossils, crystals, minerals, shark teeth, dinosaur teeth, rock and roll memorabilia and more. You can even make your own necklace. Open everyday 10 am until 5pm.
About Anna Maria Rocks
A Small Store Of Big Wonders
Bill first moved to Anna Maria Island in 1972 while working at the Sarasota Kennel Club. He then worked around the world as a harness racing judge until 1994 when he moved back to the island. He started making jewelry on Anna Maria City Pier in March of 1995 when it was the original Anna Maria Oyster Bar. He opened Anna Maria Rocks in 2016 when there was talk about closing the pier for up to a year for refurbishing. Bill ran both businesses until Hurricane Irma did irreversible damage to the pier which was torn down in 2018. Luckily the store didn’t receive any damage from the storm.
Starting as little store, only 165 square feet, Bill recently expanded it to 3 times larger. It specializes in handmade wire wrapped jewelry, fossil shark teeth, fossils, rocks, meteorites, dinosaur teeth, minerals and crystals from all over the world. Most jewelry is made in the store. Kelly Johnson’s hand knapped obsidian knives are one of a kind. The most popular part of the store is an island where kids can touch fossils , shark teeth and more. Customers can make their own necklace or anklet with sterling silver pendants, stones, crystals, shark teeth and alligator teeth. Kids really enjoy this. Of course they can turn your favorite sea shell, crystal or stone into jewelry.
The store also has a selection of Rock and Roll memorabilia from Aretha Franklin to Frank Zappa and lots in between. They also sell local musicians’ CD’s in the store.
Gifts and Souvenirs
Anna Maria Rocks specialize in unusual stones, crystals and fossil shark teeth from all over the world. They buy their fossils from diggers in Florida, California, Utah, South Carolina, Africa, Madagascar and Morocco. Most of their sterling silver and gold filled jewelry is made right in the store. All silver chains are made in Italy. One of a kind handmade obsidian knives made here in Florida. Basically, they try to get the best possible product at the lowest prices. They also have rock and roll memorabilia from Aretha Franklin to Frank Zappa including The Grateful Dead. The most popular part of the store is where kids or adults can make their own necklaces, bracelets or anklets made with beads, shark teeth, stones and silver pendants.
Award winning jewelry made right here on Anna Maria Island
Customer Reviews:
One of the Best Rock Shops I Ever See! I can’t say enough about this shop and Bill the owner – I LOVED their rocks, crystals, fossils, shark, dinosaur and megalodon teeth, jewelry, geodes, raw stones, finely polished stones and even small tumbled stones. From fun stuff for kids to exquisite huge crystals – you name it, this store has it! We leisurely browsed the shelves of beautiful items from all over the world, but I had so many questions and Bill was extremely knowledgeable offering information about characteristics, anomalies or special attributes of the items we were interested in. We were only planning to browse and maybe buy something small, but since there were so many amazing pieces I couldn’t decide so we ended up buying a bunch of rocks and crystals. Incredible quality and reasonable prices. Like the Terminator, “I’ll be back.” Lol! But seriously we are excited to go back as Bill explained he has a lot more inventory not displayed. They also have a store we’re looking forward to checking out called Pinapple Rocks in Sarasota. It was a fun and interesting experience and I couldn’t be happier with our beautiful works of nature’s art we picked up here at Anna Maria Rocks. Thanks again for everything Bill, your little shop made a big impression!!” – Nicole C.
“YES. This place is great. Very reasonable prices. Bill is the owner & has great history on this island. Chat him up when you stop in. Must see in AMI.” – Valerie S.
“This shop is wonderful! Such a variety of crystals, rocks and fossils. I’m trying to remember the name of the person working while we were there, but she was so knowledgeable and enjoyable to talk to! Prices were reasonable and such an interesting variety. I could have probably gone into the store 20 minutes after leaving and see new items that I didn’t see before.
I highly recommend visiting this store! If you have a little one that loves rocks and jewelry, they have a jewelry making table in the center of the store. Again, reasonably priced.” – mlegrimm
Stop in and find out why they are the number one store on Anna Maria Island.
Address:
9908 Gulf Dr Unit G
Anna Maria, Florida 34216
941-896-7040
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Website:
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They have another location in Sarasota, Pineapple Rocks:
Pineapple Rocks