https://rockhoundingmap.com/sommer-camp-road-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0fb3684e-73b3-4818-880f-09daf9976a0e/idaho+opal+winter.jpg Idaho - Sommer Camp Road Rockhounding Prepare for possible snow if you visit Idaho in late Fall. Winter will definitely have a high chance of snow coverage. Boise is very cold and windy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0ef2c4b8-0c99-4b4b-aac7-dc585f722557/idaho+opal+dirty+monique.jpg Idaho - Sommer Camp Road Rockhounding An example of why offroad tires are nice to have. These all-seasons just barely made it out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/6113a58a-4bd2-4241-81bf-55a79f36fda9/idaho+opal+thunderegg.jpg Idaho - Sommer Camp Road Rockhounding You can also find chalcedony/agate formations like this. Thundereggs may be around too, but I didn't come across any. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e8bbcd81-5235-49d9-8ff3-c2ef7afc5b53/idaho+opal+4.jpg Idaho - Sommer Camp Road Rockhounding I found the best specimens towards the peaks of the hills, where opal can be found in cracks and pockets within the host rock. (I believe the host rock is rhyolite) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/946ab77e-9a0a-4c85-a776-7f03fa71a9fd/idaho+opal+5.jpg Idaho - Sommer Camp Road Rockhounding This one is still with me today and I want to give it a good crack with a sledge to see if I have any colorful opal inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3e5bc5da-81c7-4600-b536-08ea405cb356/idaho+opal+2.jpg Idaho - Sommer Camp Road Rockhounding This is the most colorful piece I was able to find. Again, no rainbows or flashes of color though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/def27143-ded9-4b0f-ad7b-f72e260c1c2e/idaho+opal+3.jpg Idaho - Sommer Camp Road Rockhounding A basic geology pick was enough to split these from the host rock. Wear safety glasses - it behaves just like glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9484735c-2277-4acd-b192-840da52d48cb/idaho+opal+1.jpg Idaho - Sommer Camp Road Rockhounding Here's one of the floating boulders I freed the small pieces from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/45c3f4bc-54b7-4a50-b6f0-fdad9fa67a78/sommer+camp+road+owyhee+valley+idaho+rockhounding.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/33228a7c-ed71-4da6-a119-d2fa7caa812a/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.16.10%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f9fb6392-b767-4d3c-b993-98c2e00416ff/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.19.49%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/michigan-mclain-state-park-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/6dd9fe09-21d2-456d-9830-399c2166a1a3/Michigan+McLain+4.jpg Michigan - McLain State Park - Rockhounding The beach continues Northeast for quite a ways without interruption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/130f88f6-3039-4282-8d60-95c5a00bdbe3/Michigan+McLain+8.jpg Michigan - McLain State Park - Rockhounding A decent size rock that a could be a strange Lake Superior Agate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/abecb787-abb6-4fbb-9ca4-ae7f41f28b2a/Michigan+McLain+6.jpg Michigan - McLain State Park - Rockhounding I came across all of these agates in a single day - in the most unlikely way possible. The video can tell the story a little better than I can. It was something I'll remember forever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c968bbb2-ef75-475c-8ca6-414c2e82c66c/Michigan+McLain+2.jpg Michigan - McLain State Park - Rockhounding An example of many greens along the Keweenaw Peninsula. I believe this is epidote. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9b37ebbd-a114-458e-9f3f-8ab75fa5c15b/Michigan+McLain+9.jpg Michigan - McLain State Park - Rockhounding This one was another large oddball. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ef8083f0-61bd-4f22-a852-d6e6f6bb45ec/Michigan+McLain+5.jpg Michigan - McLain State Park - Rockhounding Some pits and pockets that made this unique. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/56dfcd19-b65e-46fc-9745-b272de46ae32/Michigan+McLain+3.jpg Michigan - McLain State Park - Rockhounding Prehnite with both green and orange color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c664ef7e-9ad3-4493-b538-d902a1ad71d1/Michigan+McLain+1.jpg Michigan - McLain State Park - Rockhounding A 2-tone granite, split right down the middle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/90109d34-eea3-4032-8e87-e27a692b470a/IMG_5917.PNG Michigan - McLain State Park - Rockhounding Unakite (center), water-worn concrete (back right), and native copper (front right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e72e92af-c6b2-4003-ab23-eec6cb38d423/IMG_5881.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/california-kingston-range-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/738d7ee5-f698-403b-97fd-4cdb8b753333/kingston+7.jpg California - Kingston Range Rockhounding Lots of the quartz out here will have an orange to yellow color, which is from iron scaling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f90a21bf-3ff9-44e6-8700-774f3bcbea8d/kingston+4.jpg California - Kingston Range Rockhounding Here is an extreme example of that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a408112e-ab3a-4b53-af18-082181774f1e/kingston+5.jpg California - Kingston Range Rockhounding Here is what the quartz clusters can look like if it's got less scaling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a384d004-0567-4d5e-87ce-5120a89d3db3/kingston+2.jpg California - Kingston Range Rockhounding A gneiss example of metamorphic rock that can be found out here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/618ccb6f-add8-4b9c-ac18-e30aa08a10c9/kingston+8.jpg California - Kingston Range Rockhounding I think it's possible that explosives may have been used in the past here to free up big crystal clusters like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1d96ad5f-a48f-4481-bd01-c6a696505996/kingston+6.jpg California - Kingston Range Rockhounding Some nice elongated crystals can be found here too. You can find much better pieces than I did, honestly. Everything from large individual points to intricate clusters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/97ca06eb-c438-48d4-a357-f4a4e62890f7/kingston+9.jpg California - Kingston Range Rockhounding Here's what some exposed amethyst looked like out here. It's out there, you just have to be willing to hike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f5a29290-b2c7-4290-b013-2c3f68224d49/kingston+1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/33228a7c-ed71-4da6-a119-d2fa7caa812a/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.16.10%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f9fb6392-b767-4d3c-b993-98c2e00416ff/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.19.49%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/minnesota-superior-trailhead-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/21526db0-885a-4026-9a2a-3d89c8488aab/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+2.17.31%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Superior Trailhead Rockhounding The area we parked in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/cc97c528-9516-4ccf-a033-3fb7a7438dbd/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+2.17.45%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Superior Trailhead Rockhounding Some painted rocks on the trail marker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4f840b1e-1d8f-4508-9ff4-8acac59d4451/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+2.19.42%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Superior Trailhead Rockhounding The beach is entirely rock here. The waves have pushed it upwards to form these steep shelves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ba9b7214-b19e-4b3c-944f-1337a36d98f5/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+2.17.13%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Superior Trailhead Rockhounding A closeup of the mix of stone here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d866802d-cd7f-4690-9f78-db2ad8d2bd44/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+2.18.12%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Superior Trailhead Rockhounding A small agate nodule or possibly prehnite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/122a54dd-3c80-4461-989c-bc450d8e199a/Screenshot+2024-12-26+at+1.57.43%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/arizona-burro-creek-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f5c77e37-3e61-4d02-ad1e-831a41855fb0/burro+5.jpg Arizona - Burro Creek Rockhounding I visited in Winter. It was still about 70 degrees during the daytime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e9939ca5-e4c6-483c-b3e1-0089be557922/Burro+1.jpg Arizona - Burro Creek Rockhounding The ground is a sandy dirt mix here - a basic geology pick is a nice tool to have. Something like a true pickaxe would've been more ideal though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/fd17a08f-4a11-489c-844e-dd4e84f120c3/burro+6.jpg Arizona - Burro Creek Rockhounding An example of the colorful variations of chalcedony here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/74c4623c-f6be-4710-afb2-562e167b7fb1/burro+8.png Arizona - Burro Creek Rockhounding Another one, with some reds and oranges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5cb7fd5d-84ee-4619-beb1-1e379b697892/burro+4.jpg Arizona - Burro Creek Rockhounding A closeup of the outside appearance and peeks at the possible color. I pressure washed it later on, and it didn't look much different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a872bd03-a322-41be-a442-ba01ace870eb/burro+7.jpg Arizona - Burro Creek Rockhounding There are some absolutely massive pieces of chalcedony here. This one had to have weighed 200lbs, at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b906a095-a862-4f10-9f13-21742bebc474/Burro+2.jpg Arizona - Burro Creek Rockhounding I thought this could be naturally occurring chalk. Looks like it'd make for nice carving stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b920f44b-cd79-48c9-9017-18d7778a1ab0/IMG_5909.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b5ca6eb9-d15d-4b32-ba72-7ae4a0b225fa/Gemini_Generated_Image_pzn760pzn760pzn7.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/33228a7c-ed71-4da6-a119-d2fa7caa812a/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.16.10%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/arizona-geode-hill-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f5235484-bf35-41c0-9b8f-262196a8a3cb/geode+hill+3.jpg Arizona - Geode Hill Rockhounding Geode Hill following some Winter storms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/6b7426fb-0e6b-429a-ae7a-9929cddccd04/geode+hill+5.jpg Arizona - Geode Hill Rockhounding Still geodes here, even in Winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/24382ae6-fa38-44c3-b330-fa459cf99984/geode+hill+arizona.jpg Arizona - Geode Hill Rockhounding The geodes accumulate in little piles after weathering out of the surrounding rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4d12cb50-ac4a-4fd7-8090-03e3299db7d7/geode+hill+6.jpg Arizona - Geode Hill Rockhounding A lot of these had a really great sphere shape to them, I believe these are calcite geodes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/12792ebf-9247-454b-a65a-a282bd9784c1/geode+hill+4.jpg Arizona - Geode Hill Rockhounding A fragment offers us a peek at what the crystal inside these looks like. Soaking them in iron out may remove some of the yellowing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/bd448118-db08-40be-a037-10ffb502bd14/geode+hill+7.jpg Arizona - Geode Hill Rockhounding The trees had some gouges in them. Not sure what the culprit was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d3c7e1da-2aea-451d-a454-1f1aa78d916b/geode+hill+5.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d19ae9f2-2edc-4113-9cf2-430654b7b42d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.49%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/153abbde-270e-4f1c-8b01-848fc99f0f2b/Screenshot+2025-06-29+at+5.42.59%E2%80%AFPM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/oregon-graveyard-point-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/60eb04b4-90cf-4666-b6fe-5caa0178d255/graveyard+point+2.jpg Oregon - Graveyard Point Rockhounding This is the best closeup I have of Graveyard Point plume agate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/427419ac-c3c8-4f82-a633-8b3a11f6126d/graveyard+point+7.jpg Oregon - Graveyard Point Rockhounding There is also botryoidal chalcedony here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/51e7904f-6746-4411-93e0-7260f163645b/graveyard+point+5.png Oregon - Graveyard Point Rockhounding This piece had a texture almost like sea glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/215e467a-6941-47ed-b095-94060b83eef9/graveyard+point+8.jpg Oregon - Graveyard Point Rockhounding Here is a large chunk of agate. I have since cut a couple of these on a lapidary saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/719bc9e7-f743-4727-8fef-2e8ac733ad08/graveyard+point+4.jpg Oregon - Graveyard Point Rockhounding A piece of agate buried in the dirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d38e28d7-db62-45bf-a7bf-1699fca77681/graveyard+point+6.jpg Oregon - Graveyard Point Rockhounding Some beautiful twists and turns! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c5cd1cb7-2b6b-4bbb-b91b-cc67f4163861/graveyard+point+1.jpg Oregon - Graveyard Point Rockhounding AWD was great to have here. The roads were chopped up when I visited in 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a552d966-c675-4456-94f9-f97a5610df7f/graveyard+point+9.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0281fe1d-9be0-4ce7-a64a-23c1f2a22667/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+4.43.51%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0c15c55a-22d9-4277-ac2d-54116585fdde/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+4.57.59%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/minnesota-five-mile-rock-beach-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/dfe1e5b6-ecfa-4b84-9383-ba12d5ce581b/Screenshot+2026-01-24+at+2.08.59%E2%80%AFAM.png Minnesota - Five Mile Rock Beach Rockhounding A fallen log getting some waves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a8f17a53-e852-4817-a27a-e0fdbd8606b1/Screenshot+2026-01-24+at+2.06.20%E2%80%AFAM.png Minnesota - Five Mile Rock Beach Rockhounding Porphyry - the red "sticks" are feldspar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9d65c18a-857d-457c-85af-32407983217a/Screenshot+2026-01-24+at+2.06.41%E2%80%AFAM.png Minnesota - Five Mile Rock Beach Rockhounding A real tiny red Lake Superior Agate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d670247c-31b3-4f9b-bf8b-1c10e8595c5d/Screenshot+2026-01-24+at+2.06.58%E2%80%AFAM.png Minnesota - Five Mile Rock Beach Rockhounding The place is named very literally - it's really 5 miles long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7e5d2b5e-9bf3-4395-be14-7a6385a0a54b/five+mile+3.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/minnesota-baragas-cross-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/80c51074-ca4d-4740-b75e-fb431fc223e0/baragas+cross+3.jpg Minnesota - Baraga's Cross Rockhounding A corner of a water tumbled host rock, with what appears to be thomsonite in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/124d9c75-e11f-4fb1-a7c2-19d4fc97da06/Screenshot+2024-12-26+at+2.08.11%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Baraga's Cross Rockhounding Here's an example of a higher grade thomsonite, partially polished. The nearby Thomsonite Inn has great pieces for sale and kindly let me take some photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/8e2b6e4c-98c7-4854-b533-bbd081c4e62a/baragas+cross+4.jpg Minnesota - Baraga's Cross Rockhounding Porphyry is abundant up here. The red feldspar grains in this one were big! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d2ca77cf-a275-4abb-8b1e-07fb1efde414/Screenshot+2024-12-26+at+2.06.40%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Baraga's Cross Rockhounding A salmon headed upstream. Fall of 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a9568d8a-0645-45fb-abae-adc078880654/Screenshot+2024-12-26+at+2.13.37%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Baraga's Cross Rockhounding I met a fisherman who later caught one just upstream from me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c19da49f-a706-4d8a-bfae-05a33a0ca2cf/Screenshot+2024-12-26+at+2.06.53%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/minnesota-cutface-creek-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/8b21a941-682d-4f4b-9553-9ec14ed47f66/cutface+3.jpg Minnesota - Cutface Creek Rockhounding An example of the white almost-banded chalcedony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2a9cf405-5af6-4ded-ae20-a05ffcd1a7ac/cutface+4.jpg Minnesota - Cutface Creek Rockhounding I don't think these are Lake Superior Agates, though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/acd294ad-efc2-4e11-ad91-aaed2eef144a/Screenshot+2024-12-26+at+1.51.54%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Cutface Creek Rockhounding Wildflowers seemingly growing out of stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5f3e715d-6ce3-4d47-98af-94a92bc11c31/Screenshot+2024-12-26+at+1.53.49%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Cutface Creek Rockhounding We found many here that had this same larger white outer banding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/25df6afe-7239-485c-8d4a-6a0e8f3e800c/Screenshot+2024-12-26+at+1.54.23%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Cutface Creek Rockhounding Possibly an agate in the matrix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/06c38c19-774d-4835-9618-3b536d51f4cf/Screenshot+2024-12-26+at+2.05.19%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Cutface Creek Rockhounding An example of the large roadcut that you'll see on the left side of the road if you're coming up from Duluth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/efb4bd62-f876-43dd-bd76-1a48dae7f3f3/Screenshot+2024-12-26+at+2.05.19%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/minnesota-lutsen-resort-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c95ed8d8-8261-4c70-887d-6120640f70f2/the+strand+1.jpg Minnesota -Lutsen Resort Rockhounding Amethyst geode agate with some small fragments of what appeared to be thomsonite behind it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4379a128-8058-463d-8a71-bbbf8d578118/the+strand+2.jpg Minnesota -Lutsen Resort Rockhounding Waves pouring over the boulders along the edges of the shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4379a128-8058-463d-8a71-bbbf8d578118/the+strand+2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/minnesota-onion-river-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9ed4c2c6-47f0-4f06-8bf8-e22abafc249b/onion+river+2.jpg Minnesota - Onion River Rockhounding Guide Examples of the calcite down here. It was very brittle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/fc166795-079c-4757-a394-0bee7f6debad/onion+river+1.jpg Minnesota - Onion River Rockhounding Guide Some friends I'd later meet down by the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0793a708-e692-4089-98cd-4e733d20eef6/onion+river+3.jpg Minnesota - Onion River Rockhounding Guide A geode in matrix. It was about the size of a quarter but looks oddly large in this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/39ff82e0-5193-4ee8-8342-2eaf9cb525e1/onion+river+4.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/minnesota-paradise-beach-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f4e9d811-a6e8-4edb-9efc-d73fea567f5d/Screenshot+2026-01-24+at+2.11.51%E2%80%AFAM.png Minnesota - Paradise Beach Rockhounding One we found in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/18d7228d-258f-4856-8c6f-02ff170bed37/Screenshot+2025-03-05+at+12.12.48%E2%80%AFAM.png Minnesota - Paradise Beach Rockhounding I happened to end up back here in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/6661a463-78f8-4ccf-bca3-92f648c60439/Screenshot+2025-03-05+at+12.15.59%E2%80%AFAM.png Minnesota - Paradise Beach Rockhounding A mix of red, yellow, and purple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/536a1d3e-f67a-4471-92b4-3571cc20bc20/Screenshot+2025-03-05+at+12.13.08%E2%80%AFAM.png Minnesota - Paradise Beach Rockhounding Magnetite, I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/dfe61ebb-0139-4a50-9bd2-42f003f801e6/Screenshot+2025-03-05+at+12.14.12%E2%80%AFAM.png Minnesota - Paradise Beach Rockhounding An interestingly banded mystery. I think it's a seam agate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0c459e49-41dc-430e-a967-8cd3e3839491/Screenshot+2025-03-05+at+12.14.58%E2%80%AFAM.png Minnesota - Paradise Beach Rockhounding A favorite of mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/af840dd7-012c-4239-8343-75a90a7bf2b2/Screenshot+2025-03-05+at+12.13.56%E2%80%AFAM.png Minnesota - Paradise Beach Rockhounding A true oddball. It looks like it's about to burst. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1546500e-18bb-4559-9d71-fb2b19e75c49/Screenshot+2025-03-05+at+12.16.57%E2%80%AFAM.png Minnesota - Paradise Beach Rockhounding Lucked out with a calm water day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4e81ccfb-9ee9-4fe0-a404-2a9e71d5f9f0/Screenshot+2026-01-24+at+2.12.37%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/minnesota-beaver-river-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3e5c4092-60ff-4ebd-b59e-44c5e9c45bce/beaver+river+1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/wisconsin-middle-river-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/79360cb9-b9b0-49ec-8c26-8e03dfe822f5/middle+river+3.jpg Wisconsin - Middle River Rockhounding There are large sections of the Wisconsin shoreline with muddy water from the clay and sand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3801cff1-3508-47c7-81a0-ead83b367c82/middle+river+4.jpg Wisconsin - Middle River Rockhounding Rocks are here, however. You just may have to cover a lot of shore to find things that may be a little easier to find in different regions of the shoreline (like unakite, banded iron, agates, etc) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7f3d5a1a-31a1-4754-a3f1-96f947934ca9/middle+river+5.jpg Wisconsin - Middle River Rockhounding There were many interesting formations of clay with stones stuck all inside like this as I walked up and down the shore here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4198e8ec-d83d-4d9f-bef4-dc1d7af8a574/middle+river+2.jpg Wisconsin - Middle River Rockhounding You'll come across a lot of fallen trees and wood debris here. Be careful not to puncture your waders or boots. I went without them here as I only briefly visited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/210848ff-1194-4aa8-86e2-0405e62ac4f5/Screenshot+2025-09-21+at+6.35.31%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/michigan-black-river-harbor-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/cf557a92-397a-422b-8453-b5c8139fba58/black+river+1.jpg Michigan - Black River Harbor Rockhounding This is what the variety of rock looks like up here in about a half-foot of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5335e5c5-3561-4964-abb4-a3c30fc67948/black+river+8.jpg Michigan - Black River Harbor Rockhounding An example of the brightly colored prehnite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ba3f6373-600f-4019-8800-9520c8b0bde1/black+river+9.jpg Michigan - Black River Harbor Rockhounding A closeup of the prehnite in the previous photo. There are small, visible specs of copper. This was under a 15x macro lens that clips onto an iPhone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a34891cd-649e-4fd4-88d5-91d5643aa2b4/black+river+3.jpg Michigan - Black River Harbor Rockhounding Initially confused by this, I think I'd call this chrysocolla. It's tricky to find in Lake Superior unless you're near a copper-heavy portion of the UP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b9e0d3fb-c981-4399-b8c8-4fc322bc63a9/black+river+2.jpg Michigan - Black River Harbor Rockhounding Speak of the devil... copper. The orange flakes are copper grains. The lighting in the video captures it a little better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f8f630d5-c8a3-4ffa-a10d-a9b092fbb121/black+river+6.jpg Michigan - Black River Harbor Rockhounding Here is a palm-sized oolitic hematite jasper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/85d4edaf-ddb0-442d-a0fe-9f82c767170f/black+river+4.jpg Michigan - Black River Harbor Rockhounding A tiny agate, about an inch wide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5e290426-8d64-48dd-b988-4fbaa48b63e3/black+river+5.jpg Michigan - Black River Harbor Rockhounding There's some debate over what to call pink and green rocks found in the Upper Peninsula. The more I've researched it, the less certain I've become. Beautiful, though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9e8301e5-23ed-4d20-88b9-885f673cda16/black+river+7.jpg Michigan - Black River Harbor Rockhounding Banded iron formation. You'll see lots of this on the Southern shore of Lake Superior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e8435da3-294f-480c-8ce8-5faf9002bfea/black+river+harbor+bridge.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/michigan-presque-isle-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b7b75143-87c7-4c5c-a8c9-42a31679d774/presque+1.jpg Michigan - Presque Isle Rockhounding A majority of the trail here is packed gravel with boards at the edges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/be408619-cb93-48cc-bda9-0ecff0415620/presque+2.jpg Michigan - Presque Isle Rockhounding Even if you don't make it down to the beach, the waterfalls are what most people visit this spot for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c0239934-bc9a-4470-ad0c-37cff8d6b56b/Screenshot+2026-01-23+at+10.36.50%E2%80%AFPM.png Michigan - Presque Isle Rockhounding Not a clear photo, but ran into a decent sized Northern Pike sitting just a couple feet from shore in the river after the waterfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/de639c85-aba4-46fc-9323-0568df45bf51/Screenshot+2026-01-23+at+10.37.18%E2%80%AFPM.png Michigan - Presque Isle Rockhounding Here's what the mix of rocks down here looked like. The beach was about half sand, half stone when I visited. (That can change over time) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/830e1ce7-61a5-46a6-8ce8-7b37d55ef204/presque+4.jpg Michigan - Presque Isle Rockhounding I believe this is calcite (white) + epidote (green). There were some interesting pieces of epidote here too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/273a3bd4-4b47-4668-b977-93467a683b1d/Screenshot+2026-01-23+at+10.38.45%E2%80%AFPM.png Michigan - Presque Isle Rockhounding It feels a little like the Pacific Northwest up here, especially if it's cloudy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/41ab6248-bf4e-4295-b9f7-8ab8aa81f90a/presque+5.jpg Michigan - Presque Isle Rockhounding A lake-smoothed piece of banded iron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/8ff2b332-376f-4608-a477-0309687c4e8a/presque+3.jpg Michigan - Presque Isle Rockhounding There's ongoing debate about what the pink rocks like this are in the Upper Peninsula. It looks similar to Minnesota's thomsonite, but may be something different known as patricianite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5129bdcc-c816-46d7-b9bc-06a7c07aac53/presque+6.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/montana-miles-city-boat-launch-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/336d741e-649f-4372-b8dd-e307d644a722/miles+city+1.jpg Montana - Miles City Boat Launch Rockhounding The scenery of the Yellowstone River. It flows across much of Southern Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4aa547ca-461b-41af-92f6-c5a1e4cc7e6c/miles+city+2.jpg Montana - Miles City Boat Launch Rockhounding The rocks here had nice variety, similar to the Great Lakes but with more packed dirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d64ab283-9b77-4211-88a7-05979814ece1/miles+city+3.jpg Montana - Miles City Boat Launch Rockhounding A geology pick is useful here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2e6cf12a-b184-4401-920e-147437538644/miles+city+4.jpg Montana - Miles City Boat Launch Rockhounding Looks like jasper of some sort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5fb3378d-dbdf-4295-ae39-764836997d4a/miles+city+6.jpg Montana - Miles City Boat Launch Rockhounding This is a moss agate. I actually found this one on a gravel road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/71a20b53-9001-44a2-9676-ab435a6b9926/miles+city+7.jpg Montana - Miles City Boat Launch Rockhounding One of my favorite pictures I've taken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b0f0b62e-45af-4f28-8f6a-cd60b81664d7/miles+city+5.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/101179d2-84d0-43fb-b448-638f14809675/Screenshot+2025-06-09+at+6.03.48%E2%80%AFPM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/montana-crystal-park daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/64208c30-4bf3-411d-8e7c-081ea6b16e3e/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+3.14.10%E2%80%AFPM.png Montana - Crystal Park The drive into the Crystal Park area was beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3ff4fd1c-0043-4883-a819-aa8556b8c31f/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+3.20.43%E2%80%AFPM.png Montana - Crystal Park Watch for animals as you drive. We saw many deer, even after the sun had been up a while. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/71a79340-07ce-40e6-97a3-65da8d2748d2/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+3.19.07%E2%80%AFPM.png Montana - Crystal Park You'll likely notice the chipmunks enjoy human company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7cf68780-1159-4042-95a8-d6b6ee2b0577/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+3.20.20%E2%80%AFPM.png Montana - Crystal Park This one really wanted to introduce himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4bd61524-dba7-4f0f-9e3c-c3e90e4fad45/crystal+park+3.jpg Montana - Crystal Park Here's a hole I dug in 2022 when I made my first visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/378603dc-0d80-40f6-a453-ee94545602ed/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+3.21.15%E2%80%AFPM.png Montana - Crystal Park I returned in 2025 and the dirt was much more wet, which I thought made the digging easier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/cd6d9810-513f-4440-9c8b-afafe2ea9b66/crystal+park+4.jpg Montana - Crystal Park The quartz crystals weathered out of a decaying layer of granite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3d5b6825-b69a-4d30-8ee2-ba31f1438b56/crystal+park+6.jpg Montana - Crystal Park I met a guy named Matt who kindly gave me this extra shaker box to sort out crystals and stone from the dusty dirt. I still use it 4 years later - thank you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed2a80d1-b88e-4acd-b1be-17e4a4dcc5a6/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+3.21.32%E2%80%AFPM.png Montana - Crystal Park One of our better finds for the day - a scepter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3c7e3a35-157a-42fd-a0a8-7e79cdd84254/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+3.22.27%E2%80%AFPM.png Montana - Crystal Park Right above my finger is a crystal packed into the mud. This is how most of my best pieces were found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0d0e480c-e4f2-4718-8746-9bcc48f1ab36/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+3.22.43%E2%80%AFPM.png Montana - Crystal Park Montana is an unbeatable place for a Summer drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ae5dd509-b258-4803-b278-4fd060e94936/crystal+park+6.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0281fe1d-9be0-4ce7-a64a-23c1f2a22667/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+4.43.51%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/85dcabb8-d845-4077-b180-a16ac7b5f890/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+3.32.42%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/washington-coweeman-river-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ef98fb28-71fe-474a-8cf4-2883e27dce4d/coweeman+2.jpg Washington - Coweeman River Rockhounding The water here varied in depth from a few inches to a few feet. It was slick with algae, making footing difficult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/60c7586f-0fce-4f0b-854f-63fb15fbb319/coweeman+3.jpg Washington - Coweeman River Rockhounding Here's one of the beaten up carnelians you can find in the gravel beds. They seem to be a little sun-bleached. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/38cb9496-b083-4414-bff4-c4d1dd441714/coweeman+4.jpg Washington - Coweeman River Rockhounding Plenty of chalcedony in here too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/295eb435-ab41-4102-af28-13ed164409b4/coweeman+5.jpg Washington - Coweeman River Rockhounding Here's my haul for the day. Looking back, I remember how much fun this day was and how nervous I was to make a video of myself exploring alone. It's amazing that certain people that can just click a button and do it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f1623b4c-771f-4201-95f7-44cf6ab429af/coweeman+1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/california-mule-canyon daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/8e011a17-e0c7-4fde-a0ec-8cb6c6168e24/mulecanyon+3.jpg California - Mule Canyon The selenite occurs in seams, between layers of sedimentary rock. Thickness ranged from paper-thin to a few inches wide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9e5d83c7-f41e-48e4-be03-e0f8ccc11fb6/mulecanyon+5.jpg California - Mule Canyon Selenite has a 'vitreous' luster, meaning it shines almost like glass - especially in the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/774aa9dc-829b-45ce-ba03-12a5a438c609/mulecanyon+2.jpg California - Mule Canyon I had some fun seeing the other oddities out here besides the rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f712fbf9-c49f-4a91-a956-b5424d5c2d67/mulecanyon+4.jpg California - Mule Canyon This is what you will be hiking through. Plan a route, rather than wandering. It's hot and remote here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b60be2fe-3883-4abb-8333-aeec349adf31/mulecanyon+6.jpg California - Mule Canyon The selenite is very fragile, this piece seems to have some growth layers to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/45a9f055-6819-451c-907c-dd7f6ecb993b/mulecanyon+9.jpg California - Mule Canyon You'll want something to wrap and store the delicate pieces in. Selenite is soft and brittle. If you pile all your finds in a bucket, you may come home to dusty fragments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/952beb0b-06e5-4f88-a204-caeceb66f5bd/mulecanyon+7.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0281fe1d-9be0-4ce7-a64a-23c1f2a22667/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+4.43.51%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/wileys-well-roadway-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/fbc11ece-0aaa-43aa-8e64-cd1b137c8161/chuckwalla+1.jpg California - Wiley's Well Roadway Rockhounding Here's what the sandy drive in looks like. The road was very washboarded when I visited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2721bb34-22ed-41ba-90fa-9b738098a62e/chuckwalla+2.jpg California - Wiley's Well Roadway Rockhounding The agate here has some truly amazing patterning and coloration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/bfabc4f3-5bd7-4bd7-b83f-5cde28abfda5/chuckwalla+4.jpg California - Wiley's Well Roadway Rockhounding A top-tier sunset to cap off the first night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/fddde5a3-4b0c-498a-8ee7-764109f37543/chuckwalla+11.jpg California - Wiley's Well Roadway Rockhounding This one ended up having actual "fire" in it on the right side. ("Fire" = chatoyancy, or a cat's eye effect as the stone is tilted back and forth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/89a69ace-1f49-4327-a32b-76b9781a565e/chuckwalla+6.jpg California - Wiley's Well Roadway Rockhounding A furry friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/39751806-8f25-4ac3-a1b9-59497880cf07/chuckwalla+9.jpg California - Wiley's Well Roadway Rockhounding Can only imagine what might live in these holes out here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d7cc400c-6478-487e-ab74-81cc0287a8f0/chuckwalla+8.jpg California - Wiley's Well Roadway Rockhounding This is an example of an agate that lacks chatoyancy. It just has a deep red color. Therefore, I wouldn't call this a true fire agate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c81e1ac5-ba01-4a5e-8c82-1b915fac7ef9/chuckwalla+10.jpg California - Wiley's Well Roadway Rockhounding Another example of the nice swirls and twists you'll find in the material. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/bae607d4-a9ad-47f5-979c-941728d68134/chuckwalla+5.jpg California - Wiley's Well Roadway Rockhounding There's also some really fun botryoidal formations out here. Toasted marshmallows, anyone? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/66bd41ce-3bb9-4628-99b7-9c2508b2520b/chuckwalla+3.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0c15c55a-22d9-4277-ac2d-54116585fdde/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+4.57.59%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/oregon-glass-butte-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/402080f8-f4f1-461c-b3e0-0a3e066db2a5/Screenshot+2024-12-22+at+8.53.20%E2%80%AFPM.png Oregon - Glass Butte Rockhounding The roads were covered in deep snow when I visited in December. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/8ac40f8f-49fe-4671-a0ff-6e6489bad97c/Screenshot+2024-12-22+at+8.55.36%E2%80%AFPM.png Oregon - Glass Butte Rockhounding This general region is known as Oregon's "High Desert" and the snow caught me by surprise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/50aabb87-bee3-44cb-9d8d-609588a4db4a/Screenshot+2024-12-22+at+8.53.10%E2%80%AFPM.png Oregon - Glass Butte Rockhounding You will have a better time than I did here if you plan around the season. Still, I found some pieces of both mahogany and regular black obsidian through the snow cover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1d81aaf1-e6a6-4c74-b4ba-621b9433834e/Screenshot+2024-12-22+at+8.53.44%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f9fb6392-b767-4d3c-b993-98c2e00416ff/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.19.49%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/100e53e3-dde3-4361-a787-bdb3f04f83f8/Screenshot+2025-06-09+at+6.16.07%E2%80%AFPM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/oregon-sunstone-public-collection-area-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c4ba6fa0-bc82-4976-a47f-16bcac8152f0/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+1.09.51%E2%80%AFAM.png Oregon - Sunstone Public Collection Area Rockhounding Here is why visiting in Winter was difficult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/cf87078b-6cf6-4d15-b11e-bbd15df7fdfd/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+1.13.00%E2%80%AFAM.png Oregon - Sunstone Public Collection Area Rockhounding An example of a sunstone with some decent clarity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b48b6a8d-9730-4bd7-8fb1-083184d0c65e/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+1.10.19%E2%80%AFAM.png Oregon - Sunstone Public Collection Area Rockhounding Sunstones are a feldspar, similar to labradorite which I found interesting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f2e2d1a2-b20a-4635-8a25-66c1c21e73d1/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+1.10.38%E2%80%AFAM.png Oregon - Sunstone Public Collection Area Rockhounding These were all found on the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/953e7dac-bbd6-44cc-82b5-9b8b0054f74d/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+1.10.51%E2%80%AFAM.png Oregon - Sunstone Public Collection Area Rockhounding Finding a handful like this sometimes didn't take more than a few steps. They're all over the place up here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/6606e175-8e59-468b-8f4d-37647556d250/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+1.11.49%E2%80%AFAM.png Oregon - Sunstone Public Collection Area Rockhounding Some of the larger ones I found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/638dcb25-8c5a-4e2a-b22a-d729d87aaa0e/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+1.12.00%E2%80%AFAM.png Oregon - Sunstone Public Collection Area Rockhounding I still give some of these away every now and then and maybe will facet my favorites one day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1305f467-2aa9-4dbc-bf10-4fedbda2daf9/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+1.12.00%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0281fe1d-9be0-4ce7-a64a-23c1f2a22667/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+4.43.51%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/ontario-diamond-willow-amethyst-mine-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2d15855f-418c-432e-b4e3-0d815f3f6381/diamond+willow+2.jpg Ontario - Diamond Willow Amethyst Mine Rockhounding An example of using a hammer and chisel along the quartz veins in these smaller boulders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d94e00f1-d0e8-4aa0-a721-3bd8329ac7cc/diamond+willow+3.jpg Ontario - Diamond Willow Amethyst Mine Rockhounding There were quite a few of these flat sheets of amethyst. If you can break the matrix (surrounding rock) off them cleanly, they make nice displays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/72bcf451-f3bd-4c36-920c-767f61c88a42/diamond+willow+4.jpg Ontario - Diamond Willow Amethyst Mine Rockhounding An example of a large brecciated boulder. They have a water and brush area to do some cleanup before you go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/947011eb-f00a-4a11-a5e6-1ad44f1b6eff/diamond+willow+1.jpg Ontario - Diamond Willow Amethyst Mine Rockhounding There are large 'boulder-style' pieces up for sale near the gift shop by the parking area of the property. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7d60fb71-a308-42cf-beb2-2370d8ddcb4f/diamond+willow+5.jpg Ontario - Diamond Willow Amethyst Mine Rockhounding The Sleeping Giant - a nearby rock formation that overlooks Lake Superior's Northern shores. If you enjoy a long hike, the 13.9 mile "Top of the Giant" trail was very worthwhile especially in Autumn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/947011eb-f00a-4a11-a5e6-1ad44f1b6eff/diamond+willow+1.jpg https://rockhoundingmap.com/rockhounding-map-v-2-23-26 daily 0.75 2026-02-23 https://rockhoundingmap.com/michigan-calumet-waterworks-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e4560580-7e9d-410d-a5cf-46b0212a2d85/IMG_0543.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/michigan-gratiot-river-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/22a7e4ab-255a-4d86-a2fa-ed741d203f51/Screenshot+2026-01-23+at+1.25.57%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Gratiot River Rockhounding A look of what's meant by "washboard" under the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1728627507011-MUKZIZWBI07R21SFXJ6F/Screenshot%2B2024-10-11%2Bat%2B2.12.48%25E2%2580%25AFAM.jpg Michigan - Gratiot River Rockhounding I think this is a little tube agate, but may be a coral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1728627760689-RNCGAGOMDOCB2914LIL0/Screenshot%2B2024-10-11%2Bat%2B2.13.58%25E2%2580%25AFAM.jpg Michigan - Gratiot River Rockhounding Fairly confident this is some pink & green prehnite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1728627789871-8ORSGETU1HWFQTHM3RXA/Screenshot%2B2024-10-11%2Bat%2B2.15.02%25E2%2580%25AFAM.jpg Michigan - Gratiot River Rockhounding Amygdaloidal basalt. Lots of variety in color. A lot I've found in other areas of the lake have been spotted one with single color rather than this mix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1728628098973-5P8LBNYQJAED43T1W4MK/Screenshot%2B2024-10-11%2Bat%2B2.16.25%25E2%2580%25AFAM.jpg Michigan - Gratiot River Rockhounding Epidote https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1728627488015-4ZXYD7USUYJOQ4KJ3G99/Screenshot%2B2024-10-11%2Bat%2B2.12.10%25E2%2580%25AFAM.jpg Michigan - Gratiot River Rockhounding Gotta be my favorite. I'm thinking rhyolite, but it may be something entirely different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d0b385aa-67a8-4c20-8059-d5507a4c71d1/Screenshot+2026-01-23+at+1.25.57%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/michigan-great-sand-bay-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1728684516817-412JCZR3Q3O14UKVXZ83/Screenshot%2B2024-10-11%2Bat%2B6.00.06%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Michigan - Great Sand Bay Rockhounding A small Lake Superior Agate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1728684551420-CN6CZEY9F9WSO38REZDY/Screenshot%2B2024-10-11%2Bat%2B6.00.20%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Michigan - Great Sand Bay Rockhounding A fascinating piece of prehnite. The edges have really intricate layering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1728684902781-79D6VMRY1DSCZ2AGVFDN/Screenshot%2B2024-10-11%2Bat%2B6.00.54%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Michigan - Great Sand Bay Rockhounding This appeared to possibly be a Lake Superior Agate nodule. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1728685026266-KMC8JIQNHSEAEHBJYY2D/Screenshot%2B2024-10-11%2Bat%2B6.01.13%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Michigan - Great Sand Bay Rockhounding A closeup of some brecciated material I found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1728685309604-E6DXSUSHA77WZJL6XNC2/Screenshot%2B2024-10-11%2Bat%2B6.01.28%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Michigan - Great Sand Bay Rockhounding The mix of rocks - as seen underwater. It stretches for miles here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/fa24d3d2-6573-4472-91a1-bd5e1a969016/Screenshot+2025-03-05+at+12.15.31%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/michigan-black-creek-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b281698f-1999-49b1-8f95-da6938fc587c/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+10.51.38%E2%80%AFPM.png Michigan - Black Creek Rockhounding The colorful rocks at this location stick out easily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c105f3e5-c853-4c18-86da-4d0fe87ba828/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+10.52.22%E2%80%AFPM.png Michigan - Black Creek Rockhounding Many were 'almost agates' with little sections of banding that aren't continuous. Larger agates can be found up here, though. They're called Keweenaw agates and are a specific variety of Lake Superior Agate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9cbbfd76-d093-4a73-8586-bebfeef5fa0c/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+10.50.15%E2%80%AFPM.png Michigan - Black Creek Rockhounding Another photo of the bald eagle encounter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a6a2779f-a1e1-4e84-95bb-d6dc9267f45f/Screenshot+2026-01-23+at+1.36.28%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Black Creek Rockhounding Another look underwater. The brown bedrock in the area is similar to what you'd find on the Northern portion of the Minnesota coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c6dc0e13-8e43-419e-bc31-424ee11f1c02/IMG_0547.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/arizona-aztec-mine-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/056beb1c-81c8-4382-a16e-bc0d4d72fbbd/Screenshot+2024-10-21+at+9.18.30%E2%80%AFPM.png Arizona - Aztec Mine Rockhounding This is the road in. I would highly recommend something a little more hardy than my all-season Firestones. (But they made it) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/58b35f4f-caff-4e4b-80cb-23a10da126bb/Screenshot+2024-10-21+at+9.18.52%E2%80%AFPM.png Arizona - Aztec Mine Rockhounding Here's what it looks like just after the little parking loop. You cross a small stream and walk up this path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/845c0ecc-67ca-44ee-b11c-e5305321d902/Screenshot+2024-10-21+at+9.19.59%E2%80%AFPM.png Arizona - Aztec Mine Rockhounding Here is what's left of the mine entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1b8c70e2-9d5e-4d55-8203-43153d6b6982/Screenshot+2024-10-21+at+9.19.22%E2%80%AFPM.png Arizona - Aztec Mine Rockhounding Slightly green, maybe a very low-grade malachite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4a3127a4-837a-4fcb-a220-1e122b975bfe/Screenshot+2024-10-21+at+9.19.41%E2%80%AFPM.png Arizona - Aztec Mine Rockhounding More of the same material. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7d991f9f-479b-4b91-a4d5-6679c167e6c8/Screenshot+2024-10-21+at+9.20.56%E2%80%AFPM.png Arizona - Aztec Mine Rockhounding A different material. This one I cut on a lapidary saw years later. It wasn't noticeably soluble and really soft to cut. Still unsure on what it is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9aa43cb4-301a-452c-bad4-35e920a5f3bf/Screenshot+2024-10-21+at+9.28.06%E2%80%AFPM.png Arizona - Aztec Mine Rockhounding There was actually running water here at the time I visited, which I was surprised by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/814e28a2-c330-483a-8ab8-4b89cff038a1/IMG_0853.PNG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d19ae9f2-2edc-4113-9cf2-430654b7b42d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.49%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/michigan-blind-sucker-rivermouth-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/872a1bef-6bdd-46b6-9704-7ba188fb2749/Screenshot+2024-10-29+at+3.35.00%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Blind Sucker Rivermouth Rockhounding Underwater in about 4 feet of water off the shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1df42c1a-f7fa-4bad-8664-d2f3bb8081fc/Screenshot+2024-10-29+at+3.49.57%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Blind Sucker Rivermouth Rockhounding It was about 1/4 mile from where I parked down to the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5d1ea323-bdf0-46cf-8254-4f62693f0b88/Screenshot+2024-10-29+at+3.51.54%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Blind Sucker Rivermouth Rockhounding The variety of rock here is substantial. It's a true mix, rather than being dominated by one color of rhyolite or basalt like the Keweenaw Peninsula or Minnesota's North shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5dd18e2b-28ec-4fbb-8a8b-4ae8ce9816d8/Screenshot+2024-10-29+at+3.52.16%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Blind Sucker Rivermouth Rockhounding Unakite - An Upper Peninsula favorite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/207a8c71-3ef5-4f4d-9b28-8c06819637c6/Screenshot+2024-10-29+at+3.52.31%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Blind Sucker Rivermouth Rockhounding Magnetite, this is a personal favorite of my own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/bf1f5c75-7b63-4097-b877-127ac4b05440/Screenshot+2024-10-29+at+3.52.55%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Blind Sucker Rivermouth Rockhounding A moss agate that I did a couple cuts on while learning a new lapidary saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3cca92f4-ad0c-4517-836a-85828a305b9d/Screenshot+2026-01-20+at+1.35.34%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Blind Sucker Rivermouth Rockhounding Decent straight cuts, no polish yet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d1af91a5-be73-44d2-a83a-da49382c4630/Screenshot+2024-10-29+at+3.53.45%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Blind Sucker Rivermouth Rockhounding This is an omarolluk (AKA omars) - these rocks are locally beloved and you may even see them in people's gardens and businesses in the UP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/690a5212-a677-4c9e-857b-0c867c7da0d4/Screenshot+2024-10-29+at+3.54.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Blind Sucker Rivermouth Rockhounding And sometimes there's just really strange ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3e59717f-e766-4766-ad95-288d6b1f6f60/IMG_1437.PNG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/michigan-vermilion-point-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/63677b74-84f1-4d7f-a849-1a925e69a385/Screenshot+2024-12-12+at+4.09.38%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Vermilion Point Rockhounding The drive in through some tall pines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/00fa7d9e-caed-441b-97de-660ea55f77c0/Screenshot+2024-12-12+at+4.09.58%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Vermilion Point Rockhounding I got lucky and caught a day with very few waves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9fc9f1b3-256d-444a-8e36-fdf2ba0a3655/Screenshot+2024-12-12+at+4.14.48%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Vermilion Point Rockhounding An idea of the mix of rock you'll find https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b360c777-b28b-4b0f-9857-a753e6bb3b67/Screenshot+2024-12-12+at+4.10.19%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Vermilion Point Rockhounding An underwater shot in about 3 or 4 feet of water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/27a94725-a80f-47b7-8e89-c6dd1b0be305/Screenshot+2024-12-12+at+4.13.34%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Vermilion Point Rockhounding Magnetite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/47d7627e-6197-47af-9b01-3ffaf2be9abc/Screenshot+2024-12-12+at+4.11.16%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Vermilion Point Rockhounding I believe this is magnetite too, but with some etching on its surface https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/08259db5-6bd4-42f4-a8bb-ee9509612c19/Screenshot+2024-12-12+at+4.11.47%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Vermilion Point Rockhounding Banded iron formation with what looks like quartz also https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/50138d0d-f19b-4ddb-bbe7-c655b24d8714/Screenshot+2024-12-12+at+4.12.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Vermilion Point Rockhounding A Lake Superior Agate with some pockets or tubes on it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/03b23f8e-b295-4edb-a5b4-31fae18e28ae/Screenshot+2024-12-12+at+4.12.41%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Vermilion Point Rockhounding A tiny agate with detailed banding and color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/56046a73-2c39-4368-92e3-1d341a7be655/Screenshot+2026-01-23+at+11.27.24%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/utah-rozel-point-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1709c259-0cb0-405c-9629-aa2606b89d49/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+4.02.20%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Rozel Point (Spiral Jetty) Rockhounding Someone gave this sign a piece of their mind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2e2d61c5-e6e9-4bf2-b1d8-84fa8e53badd/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+4.03.00%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Rozel Point (Spiral Jetty) Rockhounding A kind soul left an extra for a poor clueless person to find, not knowing there were thousands of them in the salt lake... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/81c53473-baec-4c96-88f0-a3a23012bf14/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+4.05.10%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Rozel Point (Spiral Jetty) Rockhounding That person was me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/27fe8989-5819-45ed-b9fc-3bdd1153068f/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+4.03.31%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Rozel Point (Spiral Jetty) Rockhounding I am unsure what this is. The area was formerly worked for oil and this could be some sort of remnant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5241b659-e5dc-4794-b080-aea94039a16c/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+4.03.59%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Rozel Point (Spiral Jetty) Rockhounding I would love to return for a chance to properly dig here. If the photos don't show it, I still had a great time out here. The Salt Lake feels like a different section of the planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/27fe8989-5819-45ed-b9fc-3bdd1153068f/Screenshot+2024-12-23+at+4.03.31%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0281fe1d-9be0-4ce7-a64a-23c1f2a22667/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+4.43.51%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/82fe10b3-e767-49f1-80b3-b8956f7c2a3f/Screenshot+2025-06-19+at+6.01.54%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/441d101a-bb2f-4492-be30-90668ca2db22/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+4.00.49%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/minnesota-reservation-river-road-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1735253145697-4Q3CX9EKFGZ151C8MTBU/Screenshot%2B2024-12-24%2Bat%2B3.25.43%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Minnesota - Reservation River Road Rockhounding The beach, facing South. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/6de92527-e7dc-4130-8259-722620d77c01/Screenshot+2025-03-04+at+11.58.59%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Reservation River Road Rockhounding I came across multiple varieties of porphyry in this spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3bd69e93-b9e7-4daa-b811-f0fbe655bf9a/Screenshot+2025-03-04+at+11.58.34%E2%80%AFPM.png Minnesota - Reservation River Road Rockhounding I got a smooth and calm day here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1741151082424-GON1E50DWMRZTI78EVUK/Screenshot%2B2025-03-04%2Bat%2B11.58.06%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Minnesota - Reservation River Road Rockhounding Oolitic hematite jasper - this is one of the bigger blocks of it I've found up here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/164f5296-a4de-412b-a72b-20b2337990e6/Screenshot+2025-03-05+at+12.00.49%E2%80%AFAM.png Minnesota - Reservation River Road Rockhounding I believe this is a stromatolite jasper known locally as "Mary Ellen Jasper" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1741151098969-6YNPWI99FUD88XLKFDWU/Screenshot%2B2025-03-05%2Bat%2B12.00.11%25E2%2580%25AFAM.jpg Minnesota - Reservation River Road Rockhounding Another variety of porphyry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1741151120413-6ANAVBM8GRBA6PT78VKM/Screenshot%2B2025-03-04%2Bat%2B11.59.56%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Minnesota - Reservation River Road Rockhounding A rock that confuses the boundary between Lake Superior agates and granite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f1b9cc0f-7de0-45ba-99ea-c19884b767e3/Screenshot+2024-12-24+at+3.23.39%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Minnesota - Reservation River Road Rockhounding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f1b9cc0f-7de0-45ba-99ea-c19884b767e3/Screenshot+2024-12-24+at+3.23.39%E2%80%AFPM.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/ontario-roussain-island-beach-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/87535583-2e4d-4e4a-aa35-8b14fef0fde6/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.41.36%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Roussain Island Beach Rockhounding Some water-washed hematite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/64dda536-392d-4916-b9dd-d14ed32b122a/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.43.39%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Roussain Island Beach Rockhounding There are long veins that extend both under the shore and deep out to Lake Superior. The video is a little better for illustrating how far out into the lake these went. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b36f3ba3-6b16-4bf9-aa63-7dadc44df9c0/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.42.35%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Roussain Island Beach Rockhounding This material looks a lot like what is in the veins that are underneath the water. It almost appeared to be a calcite or possibly feldspar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a209b697-0047-4aa7-8b6f-283c288df463/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.42.58%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Roussain Island Beach Rockhounding This has a very similar appearance to the thomsonite found in Minnesota's North Shore near Lutsen. I am unsure what this was, but was surprised to find it here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5156c54a-350d-4ba9-af05-e1bade1cd8e5/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.44.07%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Roussain Island Beach Rockhounding While there's some layers and bands, this looks closer to prehnite than a Lake Superior Agate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/df335422-84b3-44ba-9458-0beafdd868ed/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.40.06%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/ontario-harmony-beach-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9452da93-860f-49f1-b8a4-1373159cfa51/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.23.20%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Harmony Beach Rockhounding The inviting walk out to the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/cdfb198b-ebb8-4cc9-8810-606de8775d14/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.23.50%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Harmony Beach Rockhounding The sandbars extend far out into the water and you can see the elevation surrounding the shores, which is a big change if you're coming from the relatively flat shores in Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5297222e-a5e8-4172-a06d-c75f9a66c5ce/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.24.25%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Harmony Beach Rockhounding Examples of small fragments of rock in the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/6a2cb78c-5bb9-46ae-ba82-3f329a5a1115/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.24.47%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Harmony Beach Rockhounding Looking back towards the beach from the gravel bar. This was probably between 100-200 ft out. The water was at my shins only. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/bbe5e8b8-997e-46d4-9a11-95ee76f49539/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.25.18%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Harmony Beach Rockhounding A precursor to what you'll find further up the shores to the North. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/489be5db-e643-4d9c-8ca1-b01f47e159b2/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.21.43%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Harmony Beach Rockhounding If you're coming from the States, you'll likely pass through the photogenic city of Sault Ste. Marie. It's about an hour South of Harmony Beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d018b071-4bbc-42e0-bfe0-dfcee64837ba/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.23.20%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/ontario-sawpit-bay-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1016503e-c95d-482e-86ca-6095ecbeddbc/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.27.24%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Sawpit Bay Rockhounding The path down to the shore from one of the parking areas. There may be another to the North. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7ea7ed26-ff8e-4060-96db-671126d6c4b5/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.28.32%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Sawpit Bay Rockhounding You will notice how far North you've gotten if you're doing the Circle Tour. The water was definitely colder here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3db7a688-e573-47a7-a82e-1896ebcaa1b2/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.29.05%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Sawpit Bay Rockhounding A unakite with vibrant, electric greens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/808180d2-192b-4554-972b-dba8217e6e5c/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.29.26%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Sawpit Bay Rockhounding Feldspar or maybe calcite? I am still uncertain what this white crystal was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0e9b1ad1-5c35-44d9-ae46-a79db9696ab0/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.32.47%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Sawpit Bay Rockhounding The water drops off quickly, with jagged edges of bedrock. Explore very carefully if you plan on going in the water. It was slippery too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/679548ea-ce00-4ba0-a21d-170f8e4ed3ac/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.31.51%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Sawpit Bay Rockhounding A footpath led to an overlook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/8da9836e-c5a7-4fdf-80bc-73f447d64b11/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.35.01%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Sawpit Bay Rockhounding A crystal filled gap within host rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/208a7bb1-4395-4adc-a531-368820a66b11/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.35.32%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Sawpit Bay Rockhounding These are igneous formations called dikes - vertical magma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4022d2cd-cd2a-4b25-be98-f49b5f30cb0c/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.36.36%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Sawpit Bay Rockhounding Another nicely colored granite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a90f5437-3ef9-4701-884e-e1ef31fddbaa/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.37.19%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Sawpit Bay Rockhounding A water-washed chunk of what I thought was feldspar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b3e82966-98d3-4034-bfe5-5dc548070c44/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.37.55%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Sawpit Bay Rockhounding This pocket within the basalt appears to be purple. My guess is amethyst - it can be found within Lake Superior Agates if you're lucky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d4da2010-8da8-411c-8fcb-99a5119fb3b4/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.38.41%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Sawpit Bay Rockhounding A giant boulder of what I'd guess to be weathered and oxidized iron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f77482f5-1dd2-41fa-bfa6-ec998e0869f0/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.28.13%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Sawpit Bay Rockhounding The fit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d34a4fd3-891a-41b3-8519-8fab17996695/Screenshot+2025-01-22+at+11.31.51%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/ontario-flour-bay-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b89e0a38-6535-4c93-baf3-1975d2609e97/Screenshot+2025-01-29+at+8.45.51%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Flour Bay Rockhounding The short walk down to the water from Highway 17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b6d4ca8b-a54f-40a7-8f91-76a538f9ac00/Screenshot+2025-01-29+at+8.46.11%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Flour Bay Rockhounding The bay itself https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1bc2f70d-9219-4de4-8af8-cd9cff10b13e/Screenshot+2025-01-29+at+8.45.28%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Flour Bay Rockhounding Underwater at Flour Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/11126dcb-0198-4006-8b53-26c264456362/Screenshot+2025-01-29+at+8.46.34%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Flour Bay Rockhounding Nice amygdaloidal basalt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f0cbdafc-1222-4c85-9c58-49bd8a6fa24c/Screenshot+2025-01-29+at+8.45.08%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Flour Bay Rockhounding Another one, with more colorful pockets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f0dd69b8-ef62-4e78-a16c-e9b94aaaae98/Screenshot+2025-01-29+at+8.46.52%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Flour Bay Rockhounding A crazy granite with some fun coloration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2477df96-1c20-4cd4-a7a6-8d28056fc322/Screenshot+2025-01-29+at+8.47.11%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Flour Bay Rockhounding A two-tone granite with that same red/green color patterning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9b857f51-6040-4f46-904f-8899ae5d3357/Screenshot+2025-01-29+at+8.47.31%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Flour Bay Rockhounding What looks to be a Lake Superior agate with a partial eye, still in the matrix rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e7d20e87-8cbb-4004-a393-bfc9a0a9a8c2/Screenshot+2025-01-29+at+8.48.28%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Flour Bay Rockhounding A much larger Lake Superior Agate, again still in matrix. These were so cool to find in the float rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/bcad3e52-97ef-4cb5-be1f-11ca0b47d20c/Screenshot+2025-01-29+at+8.49.04%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Flour Bay Rockhounding The beautiful view on your way further North up the coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b6d4ca8b-a54f-40a7-8f91-76a538f9ac00/Screenshot+2025-01-29+at+8.46.11%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/ontario-pebble-beach-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7118bf52-0e03-4410-9f3b-fd208b971876/Screenshot+2025-02-06+at+1.56.46%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Pebble Beach Rockhounding The granite here has a lot of character. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/284bb857-7c55-4775-97ed-c343d6680408/Screenshot+2025-02-06+at+1.56.56%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Pebble Beach Rockhounding Unakite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/aa8262fd-9cb0-4c1e-b4aa-16bf05a4b5af/Screenshot+2025-02-06+at+1.57.20%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Pebble Beach Rockhounding One that stumped me when I first saw it. I believe this is unakite within a host rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/81338818-5b6b-46f0-9c95-f072de92afba/Screenshot+2025-02-06+at+1.57.41%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Pebble Beach Rockhounding As you can see, green and orange is a favorite of mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/024f0533-a0e8-40e6-90ed-7854c0b5a8b7/Screenshot+2025-02-06+at+1.58.18%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Pebble Beach Rockhounding The culvert that marks the path down the hill to the South beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b1adb514-3930-45c0-8ddc-d395db45ad1a/Screenshot+2025-02-06+at+1.58.57%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Pebble Beach Rockhounding Gneiss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e3f41f65-7bad-4153-9a7b-343ca80ccc28/Screenshot+2025-02-06+at+1.59.27%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Pebble Beach Rockhounding Awesome variety up here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/21351dd2-047e-4cf1-9353-379d3fc203ac/Screenshot+2025-02-06+at+1.56.26%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Pebble Beach Rockhounding Highly recommended footwear. Just kidding. These are a backup pair for me and I'm not a fan. Try for something with ankle support here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3f0ee2e4-728a-42c2-b5cc-81033f6266f0/Screenshot+2025-02-06+at+2.00.03%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Pebble Beach Rockhounding Plus an unforgettable sunset to cap the day off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1769491145332-G5IYXV3F1N8OAXUWP3SE/Screenshot%2B2025-02-06%2Bat%2B2.00.25%25E2%2580%25AFPM.png Ontario - Pebble Beach Rockhounding Info sign about the location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/846025d2-1240-4dcb-8b70-911f8cf20909/Screenshot+2025-02-06+at+2.00.51%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Pebble Beach Rockhounding Some nice colorless fluorescence in this one. (If you've never used a UV light, the vast majority of rocks will have no glow at all here) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/041ee5f6-3c1a-45c1-b5d2-d516e55fef55/Screenshot+2025-02-06+at+2.01.20%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Pebble Beach Rockhounding But the few that do... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2678f456-eaa7-4424-aed6-2d87f3646b59/Screenshot+2025-02-06+at+2.01.08%E2%80%AFPM.png Ontario - Pebble Beach Rockhounding ... Are a cool surprise. This large rock had small crystals of what I believe is fluorescent sodalite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3f0ee2e4-728a-42c2-b5cc-81033f6266f0/Screenshot+2025-02-06+at+2.00.03%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/999f3654-f050-4195-8c31-d15600bbfa00/uv+flashlight.jpg https://rockhoundingmap.com/ontario-blue-point-amethyst-mine-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c323d0be-76b1-43b1-adae-f15c46396245/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.02.59%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding The first view of the pit. I came across 2 types of matrix rock in the boulders: shale and the much harder Canadian Shield, which looks like a red granite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c5cbe2de-abde-4454-a18f-259566c58fca/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.05.27%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding A handguard on the chisel is great here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3c018f6f-605e-4987-b977-9de4032da1fe/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.04.42%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding The red coloration makes Thunder Bay amethyst unique. It's a thin layer of hematite trapped under the outermost layer of crystal. (It doesn't wash off) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/08104eae-d435-444f-b31a-e7d8217bbd6c/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.04.17%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding An action shot of splitting larger chunks down with the 12lb sledge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5d395930-c6af-4beb-9e6e-8e3f447cf072/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.03.43%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding This yellow stuff is known as ametrine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e2f7d837-835e-447c-bcf0-2aa1b16df901/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.05.59%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding This is just as came off a much larger boulder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4b64a720-6730-4394-8f94-b32e8ccf2a50/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.06.35%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding You'll see pieces like this just sitting right in the pile sometimes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ad04c212-1aa7-4eba-bd22-4c1e9c01e9ee/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.06.17%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding This one was another favorite of mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c2f1096-ef18-48d2-9b01-3292e0ecb60a/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.07.01%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding Many pieces will be found packed with mud. This often times will help protect the crystal underneath from scratches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/6464cbf0-e91c-4822-a833-bc93cfad1ea2/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.08.26%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding This was one of my largest ones. It was 42lbs - paid for separate from the buckets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/82d115a7-66ef-47bc-89d4-fb34776cd2fd/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.07.24%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding I used a pressure washer to clean these quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/594cd96d-0655-4656-b3f7-1bda2ae83866/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.07.41%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding You'll find cool surprises as you clean. This one had these neat red strips laced in with the amethyst. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1ac85ea8-50bf-443f-895f-4fff7e133faa/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.08.09%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding An example of the hematite coating underneath the outermost layer of crystal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4f397f4e-f281-4235-acae-8d188c9a9078/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.08.47%E2%80%AFAM.png Ontario - Blue Point Amethyst Mine Rockhounding This is a spot I hope I am able to return to many times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1dd93e39-0e5a-4123-985d-3bee2311f19e/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.08.47%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/fd55767c-bda6-4f51-85b8-d53835a4402a/Screenshot+2025-06-09+at+6.14.01%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f9fb6392-b767-4d3c-b993-98c2e00416ff/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.19.49%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/100e53e3-dde3-4361-a787-bdb3f04f83f8/Screenshot+2025-06-09+at+6.16.07%E2%80%AFPM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/arkansas-moses-hill-magnet-cove-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1742435862236-O4GYJQOQTFVTCO0O3NXQ/Screenshot%2B2025-03-19%2Bat%2B5.05.12%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Arkansas - Moses Hill (Magnet Cove) Rockhounding An enthusiastic crowd lined up and ready to dig at the event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1742435963155-0WWAM0WINSLMWUETX0Q4/Screenshot%2B2025-03-19%2Bat%2B5.06.53%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Arkansas - Moses Hill (Magnet Cove) Rockhounding There was an excavator on the property to try and dig down into some of the known veins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1742435902389-T9162SJLK0CJ938IF6WR/Screenshot%2B2025-03-19%2Bat%2B5.06.00%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Arkansas - Moses Hill (Magnet Cove) Rockhounding Most of the digging here will be in tailings, however https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1742435950739-0PDBTQ9DEFJZTMBFTLSQ/Screenshot%2B2025-03-19%2Bat%2B5.06.29%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Arkansas - Moses Hill (Magnet Cove) Rockhounding Quartz jumps out, even amongst the thick mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1742436029348-ANA2XM28DRDUYWUR9VRZ/Screenshot%2B2025-03-19%2Bat%2B5.07.29%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Arkansas - Moses Hill (Magnet Cove) Rockhounding A quartz point I found, all cleaned up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1742435976980-136Z3YXV3327KMCCQ71S/Screenshot%2B2025-03-19%2Bat%2B5.07.02%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Arkansas - Moses Hill (Magnet Cove) Rockhounding Some quartz points I was given by one of the site workers who I chatted with. They have almost a gray color to them, rather than black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1742436061267-60RC5LBDQ1M9LUDMWF3J/Screenshot%2B2025-03-19%2Bat%2B5.07.51%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Arkansas - Moses Hill (Magnet Cove) Rockhounding This is the large cluster I pulled out during the video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1742436079764-W7HB88NC6TZMZMHUX0L0/Screenshot%2B2025-03-19%2Bat%2B5.08.17%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Arkansas - Moses Hill (Magnet Cove) Rockhounding Bamboo kebab skewers were the most effective tool for getting this thing clean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3c9b980c-d5ea-4889-a48a-1e3a39b327a6/IMG_3365.jpeg Arkansas - Moses Hill (Magnet Cove) Rockhounding A picture of the cluster all cleaned up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1742435830656-N6YNX8R9OYZ3BFSIS52N/Screenshot%2B2025-03-19%2Bat%2B3.55.08%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg Arkansas - Moses Hill (Magnet Cove) Rockhounding I worked on this piece for about 6 hours total over a few sit-downs to remove that orange mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1332f08f-6129-4018-b062-e7625c98d758/IMG_3366.jpeg Arkansas - Moses Hill (Magnet Cove) Rockhounding Here's as clean as I could get this thing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2fff3958-5049-4e32-b2bd-239b833337d9/IMG_3372.jpeg Arkansas - Moses Hill (Magnet Cove) Rockhounding I actually almost left this piece behind when it was all covered in mud. I thought there was no way all those little bumps could be crystal points or brookite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1742436125110-U9F1NJU99YCIZX8B5YU1/Screenshot%2B2025-03-19%2Bat%2B5.11.20%25E2%2580%25AFPM.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0281fe1d-9be0-4ce7-a64a-23c1f2a22667/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+4.43.51%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/33228a7c-ed71-4da6-a119-d2fa7caa812a/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.16.10%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/oregon-short-beach-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/19007840-b187-4458-b362-643b4c25225c/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+1.57.30%E2%80%AFAM.png Oregon - Short Beach Rockhounding The view from shore at Short Beach. This was in November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3606dedb-d145-4d0c-8322-69db5b4ff4f7/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+1.56.57%E2%80%AFAM.png Oregon - Short Beach Rockhounding A duct that flows off the edge down to the rock beach. It's on the right side of the first photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/bc0ae523-f1fc-4973-8712-89670ff6f46c/IMG_0100.PNG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/artesia-pecos-diamonds-artesia-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/8000c6f4-d109-416c-90ee-db28442c375b/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+2.38.39%E2%80%AFAM.png New Mexico - Pecos Diamonds (Artesia) Rockhounding It is mainly flat out here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7ab4ba02-b29c-472d-8cac-bf588fe903c9/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+2.44.55%E2%80%AFAM.png New Mexico - Pecos Diamonds (Artesia) Rockhounding In the background are blocks of gypsum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/8d902c6e-b80e-44ce-8ea2-cfcfdd660566/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+2.45.25%E2%80%AFAM.png New Mexico - Pecos Diamonds (Artesia) Rockhounding Here were some of the first Pecos diamonds I found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/36a08b69-4e2f-44be-bbbb-19c3ceee96d7/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+2.44.34%E2%80%AFAM.png New Mexico - Pecos Diamonds (Artesia) Rockhounding This is the gypsum. The Pecos Diamonds are found in areas where this gypsum occurs (Seven Rivers Formation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e3286417-0d45-475d-b8a4-110632c3d3fe/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+2.38.12%E2%80%AFAM.png New Mexico - Pecos Diamonds (Artesia) Rockhounding The more I walked, the larger pieces I began to find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f1c35d4a-9070-4a63-af24-f265649415e2/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+2.40.02%E2%80%AFAM.png New Mexico - Pecos Diamonds (Artesia) Rockhounding Here's what they look like laying in the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b444af16-9d35-4171-b35e-9158bebb776a/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+2.39.06%E2%80%AFAM.png New Mexico - Pecos Diamonds (Artesia) Rockhounding The one on the left is still on the matrix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2e43404b-1a39-443a-9e77-33e128967514/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+2.41.02%E2%80%AFAM.png New Mexico - Pecos Diamonds (Artesia) Rockhounding Another neat matrix piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1d02683f-759d-4034-8634-cf510540bb65/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+2.37.57%E2%80%AFAM.png New Mexico - Pecos Diamonds (Artesia) Rockhounding A larger double terminated chunk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7368a4ed-380e-403b-ae51-e46d67c0e597/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+2.40.48%E2%80%AFAM.png New Mexico - Pecos Diamonds (Artesia) Rockhounding Started finding larger clusters right as the sun was setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f3d94798-22b3-4036-aefe-a15f7e1f5b10/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+2.40.28%E2%80%AFAM.png New Mexico - Pecos Diamonds (Artesia) Rockhounding These were all found in the same vicinity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/fb958cf2-5246-46b4-83c8-32e40fe572b5/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+2.43.34%E2%80%AFAM.png New Mexico - Pecos Diamonds (Artesia) Rockhounding Exploring at nighttime with a headlamp. They still stick out pretty easily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1b73b595-b5c1-4090-a649-3f8f11bab577/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+2.42.15%E2%80%AFAM.png New Mexico - Pecos Diamonds (Artesia) Rockhounding One of my favorite surface finds I've had. These clusters beat my expectations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9c6ccb53-bdf3-409a-95bc-f8c476204300/IMG_0101.PNG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/ontario-jackfish-bay-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/829fc259-61fa-4b7c-99b3-014b6df3349b/IMG_0103.PNG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/south-dakota-conata-basin-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a2766485-2402-460a-9c31-9769fce9b916/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+3.34.17%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Conata Basin Rockhounding The National Grasslands are a less-traveled, free way to explore the Badlands region than the National Park itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0659ebf5-e91f-41c2-a3f4-5cbb925e5010/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+3.33.48%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Conata Basin Rockhounding A small pick, spray bottle, and a backpack to walk around with are all you truly need. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/bd5de638-45f7-47b1-a173-7bfeccaa4045/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+3.36.08%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Conata Basin Rockhounding This might've been petrified wood. It had a graining pattern to it. It can be found in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/74fa68fa-9881-4a35-acef-e7158a1bc465/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+3.35.28%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Conata Basin Rockhounding This is what I believe is a referred to as 'bubble gum agate'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7632ba8f-e98d-4030-9d53-fe84748ebf59/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+3.35.43%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Conata Basin Rockhounding With a little water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ef642395-e013-4ca4-9b2f-9b520d2cad1c/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+3.34.46%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Conata Basin Rockhounding I wasn't sure what this was so I brought it home to make a cut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/26aaa941-5ec9-4528-bbfd-a609d9587893/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+3.35.09%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Conata Basin Rockhounding Here's the inside. My saw work still need improving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/afd2cf12-3203-471e-8cb7-a9eae34e2e5f/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+3.37.23%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Conata Basin Rockhounding These were all very hard rocks to cut. This one took almost 8 minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4d4ce368-9e40-4b63-a8d5-1d9273a2fe74/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+3.37.41%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Conata Basin Rockhounding There's some color and possibly crystalization in the middle of these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/34b5bf6f-7ea3-49f0-bd6c-3dfa57857985/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+3.36.42%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Conata Basin Rockhounding What looked like a nodule of some sort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/557fd762-f092-47cf-809b-f4aaa6faffe9/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+3.37.05%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Conata Basin Rockhounding Inside it looked almost like plume agate, which was unexpected. The saw blade was already needing to be replaced, and these used up the rest of the blade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9c06a0bf-157d-4876-b92f-93895ef6df14/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+3.38.00%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Conata Basin Rockhounding The West has an interesting amount of places with both cactus and snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1ceac616-c5f1-4ac1-9c21-cbd6cde10a89/Screenshot+2025-06-29+at+5.47.14%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/153abbde-270e-4f1c-8b01-848fc99f0f2b/Screenshot+2025-06-29+at+5.42.59%E2%80%AFPM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/south-dakota-creston-road-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5cd01f84-eff1-4f01-a810-8a4c9c7e6772/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.27.54%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Creston Road Rockhounding The landscape was essentially the fringes of the Badlands region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/6c47390d-01ae-4b00-b674-7261d347719c/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.27.07%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Creston Road Rockhounding Snow coverage limited what I was able to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/29e8d4d9-1e8d-411a-9bfd-eacc32632aaf/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.28.17%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Creston Road Rockhounding It just meant you had to hike farther to find more rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/32fffb1d-e00f-496e-afcc-5cd9fe8cec05/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.28.38%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Creston Road Rockhounding The rolling hills as the Badlands begin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a896facd-800f-4297-ae05-1358c0a56dff/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.29.28%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Creston Road Rockhounding The nice red prairie agate I found out here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/25ff90e2-aac5-48bc-9118-867db408b096/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.29.05%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Creston Road Rockhounding The underside has some nice banding to it. Locals mention that prairie agates can come in a wide variety of colors, with black and white being most common. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4a17f651-16d9-4fd1-b581-50381ce5d12f/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.26.45%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Creston Road Rockhounding Not a place you want to hike too far from the truck in Winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/22b87881-32df-4321-ac41-624c38337768/IMG_2983.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/153abbde-270e-4f1c-8b01-848fc99f0f2b/Screenshot+2025-06-29+at+5.42.59%E2%80%AFPM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/wyoming-carmody-lake-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ea646456-032b-4323-ab1f-cbe39e2f2429/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.20.27%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Carmody Lake Rockhounding The ice patch behind my vehicle is what I believe is Carmody Lake itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/dad53c2e-c371-4787-9ef2-3afcce7020d9/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.20.07%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Carmody Lake Rockhounding I scoured the washes like this to try and find large accumulations of rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/cc995462-2c82-4b6b-9e07-afa286c3f7b3/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.19.46%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Carmody Lake Rockhounding This was my best guess as to what a Sweetwater Agate looked like in daylight. Most pictures of them online are after they've been cut and polished, so it was tricky for me - at least as a total novice to the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/311a792a-5cfd-4f0e-8bcc-5fb287d2b551/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.36.49%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Carmody Lake Rockhounding Here is the "amethyst" if you want to label it that. Really, I think quartz with some impurities is a better way to describe it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/768387f3-e92a-4a69-83b2-7f6c1c965d7e/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.20.55%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Carmody Lake Rockhounding These photos were taken under 365nm UV light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d5c9664c-e98e-4a92-b0cc-afd174ca06b4/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.21.11%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Carmody Lake Rockhounding The greens were my favorite, which is caused by the trace uranium content. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5e24348a-f890-4697-af06-522ccb494a8d/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.19.21%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Carmody Lake Rockhounding I also happen to collect uranium slag glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e8b2653e-0872-4f6b-830c-ba7602b631b4/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.18.52%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/999f3654-f050-4195-8c31-d15600bbfa00/uv+flashlight.jpg https://rockhoundingmap.com/north-carolina-crabtree-emerald-mine-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d3b7fb7d-201b-42bd-b617-ec1ae9d17d97/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.02.29%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Crabtree Emerald Mine Rockhounding Here's what were looking for. I did not find this one myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/61c2503a-c5cb-4826-bf57-ded7c26fcdce/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.02.14%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Crabtree Emerald Mine Rockhounding This is what a lot of the rock out here looks like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9fac22a3-20f5-4645-be6a-4a3061633d63/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.07.13%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Crabtree Emerald Mine Rockhounding It was repeatedly mentioned that this place rewards digging https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5258d40f-aaf3-4e94-be8f-e6828db35e37/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.03.53%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Crabtree Emerald Mine Rockhounding You're digging through tailings here. It will often be covered in mud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c274e525-0cab-420a-af46-6dfb17702ca8/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.04.07%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Crabtree Emerald Mine Rockhounding I used this old chisel to split apart a couple large boulders I brought home. The holes were drilled using a rotary hammer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2543fc2f-8d4e-47f0-8799-4ab3d8170b24/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.03.02%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Crabtree Emerald Mine Rockhounding We had no idea what these would be like until getting them home and cleaned up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2b7ce605-9e8e-4d8b-92d0-08f6d0a77c7b/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.04.37%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Crabtree Emerald Mine Rockhounding This is some scratchy emerald we found. Photo is under a 15x zoom lens, so you can imagine how small this is. About 1/8 the size of a dime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e41915ef-7e07-45b5-956b-2ca06edeae7a/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.04.51%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Crabtree Emerald Mine Rockhounding These crystals were about the same size, but much more clear. They were inside the round chunk of mica schist 2 photos earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c67cc35a-c1db-4e46-844f-2ef469eb5cdf/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.04.25%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Crabtree Emerald Mine Rockhounding The black tourmaline was pretty neat too, and an unexpected surprise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/58f81f96-fe34-456a-969d-e79128040e5a/Screenshot+2025-07-18+at+12.07.26%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0281fe1d-9be0-4ce7-a64a-23c1f2a22667/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+4.43.51%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/153abbde-270e-4f1c-8b01-848fc99f0f2b/Screenshot+2025-06-29+at+5.42.59%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/100e53e3-dde3-4361-a787-bdb3f04f83f8/Screenshot+2025-06-09+at+6.16.07%E2%80%AFPM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/north-carolina-propst-farm-ruby-mine-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/25efda2e-eba7-427b-84d4-47646824d73d/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.20.44%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Propst Farm Ruby Mine Rockhounding I used a gad bar to try poking for stones. Ultimately, I don't know how helpful that really was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/10c22716-4590-409d-ae69-a63fca08d5cd/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.21.08%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Propst Farm Ruby Mine Rockhounding A piece of mud that looks and feels deceptively like stone. They broke apart if squeezed hard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/54462ce2-f671-4288-9562-7c84d72b2510/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.21.47%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Propst Farm Ruby Mine Rockhounding There is running water and stand-up classifier screens at the site, which helped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b05b0bd4-6fbd-4313-b9d0-29c904fe3e86/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.22.33%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Propst Farm Ruby Mine Rockhounding I found my largest and best piece of ruby/sapphire first, actually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/69baccab-466f-4960-abba-1fd963442782/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.22.47%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Propst Farm Ruby Mine Rockhounding A close up. When fully cleaned, it looked to have a blue center and red outer layer. I loosely call it a sapphire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9f05110f-3983-4925-8738-029180360e8f/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.23.12%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Propst Farm Ruby Mine Rockhounding A small piece of corundum with nice faces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/63971d57-9bc0-4dc6-8ed8-bfcb242b3019/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.23.37%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Propst Farm Ruby Mine Rockhounding A large, but scraggly piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/264d7f8d-571a-487d-9cc0-e82aaa7a9f51/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.24.44%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Propst Farm Ruby Mine Rockhounding I eventually found many small flat ones all in some mud about 3 feet down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/33d5500e-33ae-4cac-bce2-524f3b1a95b6/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.24.02%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Propst Farm Ruby Mine Rockhounding Here's the kind of hole I dug. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/aa0593e2-a6f6-4dcb-9dab-a6838ee55d83/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.24.26%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Propst Farm Ruby Mine Rockhounding I found it most comfortable to sit on the edge and use the mini shovel to get to the clay at the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4f020bd5-7d0d-4ed9-aff6-566f0b7704a4/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+3.25.09%E2%80%AFAM.png North Carolina - Propst Farm Ruby Mine Rockhounding An example of the fluorescence. These were taken with a 365nm longwave UV flashlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/69d47d74-3bc5-4d3c-b9a8-f7e968b31838/Screenshot+2025-07-18+at+12.28.37%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0281fe1d-9be0-4ce7-a64a-23c1f2a22667/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+4.43.51%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/33228a7c-ed71-4da6-a119-d2fa7caa812a/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.16.10%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/999f3654-f050-4195-8c31-d15600bbfa00/uv+flashlight.jpg https://rockhoundingmap.com/georgia-graves-mountain-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/8c62ca85-651a-474a-927c-60feb82b8da2/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+10.08.29%E2%80%AFPM.png Georgia - Graves Mountain Rockhounding Graves Mountain offers unbeatable digging in the Southeast USA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1de63ffa-7e25-4373-8213-26ce5d93c136/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+10.11.57%E2%80%AFPM.png Georgia - Graves Mountain Rockhounding You'll be digging through mainly hard rock if you're looking for fresh material. Although, there's been plenty of great finds made in the tailings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a34b2488-cb65-43db-8723-8aac1ce29cb5/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+10.09.16%E2%80%AFPM.png Georgia - Graves Mountain Rockhounding This photo was taken in previous years where you were able to do sub-surface digging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4fb1883f-01f5-4c31-9cf5-16cdf9258785/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+10.12.36%E2%80%AFPM.png Georgia - Graves Mountain Rockhounding The "caves" have since been fenced off to keep everyone safe, but rest assured - there is still plenty to find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/aa76bbb4-021b-44da-b139-9146922b2aa3/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.43.39%E2%80%AFPM.png Georgia - Graves Mountain Rockhounding These next few pieces were all dug at the most recent dig in Fall 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/6891521e-1438-43bd-9028-8782c466ce75/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.44.13%E2%80%AFPM.png Georgia - Graves Mountain Rockhounding A personal favorite, as seen on the homepage of the website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/84244f6f-ae0c-4419-a251-4f82fe7aef65/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+10.08.50%E2%80%AFPM.png Georgia - Graves Mountain Rockhounding Lazulite. Digging it is incredibly difficult as the boulders its found in are very hard. These were dug by my good friend Josh who is persistent with a 15lb sledge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/de9cbd5a-75c5-4b4f-abc8-b51fd22ad76f/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.43.01%E2%80%AFPM.png Georgia - Graves Mountain Rockhounding There is no editing on the photos on the website. Some of the pieces from Graves look like they're from an alien planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/bc04d5d0-a81c-40e2-87b2-2ddb5389a742/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.44.13%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0281fe1d-9be0-4ce7-a64a-23c1f2a22667/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+4.43.51%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/33228a7c-ed71-4da6-a119-d2fa7caa812a/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.16.10%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f9fb6392-b767-4d3c-b993-98c2e00416ff/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.19.49%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/utah-san-rafael-celestite-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/55608aa1-7946-4b92-a777-e373b55131e6/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+2.26.11%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - San Rafael Celestite Rockhounding The San Rafael Swell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/48683b5d-db46-421c-96c5-fe9c2296e65f/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+2.27.13%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - San Rafael Celestite Rockhounding The appearance is similar to what you see in the Badlands of South Dakota. I'm not a geologist, but I would assume their history is vastly different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/065b4b0f-b041-415f-840e-47b729909998/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+2.24.44%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - San Rafael Celestite Rockhounding Once you find a spot to park, start walking and you'll begin seeing hotspots with all these orange pieces embedded into the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/62aaf9d2-f456-4448-b57f-2e2ba27cae7a/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+2.24.17%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - San Rafael Celestite Rockhounding Some of those pieces get big! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d4f051ef-91b2-4174-9618-e55c71091923/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+2.25.28%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - San Rafael Celestite Rockhounding Here is a nodule that's already been broken open and celestine crystal is visible inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/042d4782-0201-4c5e-a78a-b2606979066f/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+2.27.35%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - San Rafael Celestite Rockhounding An example of a large nodule with some purple alongside a small one with a botryoidal, outer shell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/902162c5-bad1-40a1-ad26-18dff79ff0d0/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+2.28.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - San Rafael Celestite Rockhounding This could make for some interesting lapidary material, but you'll have to be selective to find pieces without fractures. Many have quite a few cracks in them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9ff44fad-7c85-4ad7-986c-43546c0d4012/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+2.23.29%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - San Rafael Celestite Rockhounding Some refer to this material as "Utah grape agate" because of the outer texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b53cf0ef-c51b-46f0-8bc0-fda304cc796b/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+2.28.43%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/153abbde-270e-4f1c-8b01-848fc99f0f2b/Screenshot+2025-06-29+at+5.42.59%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/8494bda2-e3ee-466a-bde8-6897559810dd/Screenshot+2026-01-16+at+12.11.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/utah-looking-glass-rock-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ff5a90d2-5723-4f79-8c56-7808eb2ac806/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.51.14%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Looking Glass Rock Rockhounding Heading South down Looking Glass Road, this is the gate you'll go through. You will likely find it closed, but not locked. It feels strange passing through if you haven't done it before, but this is common in public lands out West. Just leave the gate in the state you found it. Most gates are there to keep livestock in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/40e05f17-b14a-4c1b-b022-4720af40d296/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.49.51%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Looking Glass Rock Rockhounding You'll eventually come to a fork. Go left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0d6faba8-0a2d-4a6e-bb33-ef70020e6279/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.48.19%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Looking Glass Rock Rockhounding Here's a view from the area where you'll find all the chalcedony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/8f84f2c2-e6a5-4bef-94f0-fe676c344ae4/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.48.52%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Looking Glass Rock Rockhounding It's embedded in the mud just like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/59168a86-d5c9-4483-b617-2f67b12f3d45/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.52.22%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Looking Glass Rock Rockhounding A geology pick or gad bar was helpful for turning these over for a better look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f8f455a0-eca9-444c-8b22-5e04d387cdd8/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.48.36%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Looking Glass Rock Rockhounding A favorite of mine with some nice pink to white pastel colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/88aebff2-c4fe-4d33-b79a-37e3ec40058e/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.49.11%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Looking Glass Rock Rockhounding An example of the wide span of colors that's in the chalcedony up here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/dbbc5935-2c4e-4350-8200-16a6f87a8012/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+2.16.26%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/82fe10b3-e767-49f1-80b3-b8956f7c2a3f/Screenshot+2025-06-19+at+6.01.54%E2%80%AFPM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/colorado-hwy-50-calcite-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5d08d6a7-ad84-4d30-a8ac-833b770c1b95/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.03.11%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - HWY 50 Calcite Rockhounding This is what the hillsides look like hiking up from the parking area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/eed3e97d-f1e8-4812-a7d8-3cbd9a1382a6/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+8.58.50%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - HWY 50 Calcite Rockhounding This is the selenite you'll find here. It's thin and brittle, so probably not great for collecting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0c6d1438-bec4-4354-8e93-022567950df5/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+8.59.12%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - HWY 50 Calcite Rockhounding On the Western end of the hillside is where I found more calcite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5fe684da-68c2-4b45-ae49-a8c2681cbafe/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+8.59.40%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - HWY 50 Calcite Rockhounding The surrounding rock broke pretty easily using a hammer and chisel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ee251596-d099-4f5d-ad11-e17b6b3096c0/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.02.06%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - HWY 50 Calcite Rockhounding An example of a solid mass of calcite within the matrix rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/fe956275-f917-45db-af17-44052f1352a1/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.01.11%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - HWY 50 Calcite Rockhounding A gad bar comes in handy. It's a seriously helpful tool if you've never used one before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a5841ad7-9851-462e-bad3-e10316e1296f/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.00.56%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - HWY 50 Calcite Rockhounding Here is some calcite with actual crystal faces. Again, this is a spot that's convenient and accessible for the whole family - not one that is likely to produce pieces to end up in a local newspaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2e501854-37b0-47c9-8338-4b3b90962e06/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+8.59.12%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/33228a7c-ed71-4da6-a119-d2fa7caa812a/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.16.10%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f9fb6392-b767-4d3c-b993-98c2e00416ff/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.19.49%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/82fe10b3-e767-49f1-80b3-b8956f7c2a3f/Screenshot+2025-06-19+at+6.01.54%E2%80%AFPM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/arizona-round-mountain daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/57c12a66-592e-4d1e-b7ce-c3e844bcedb4/Screenshot+2026-01-15+at+10.09.54%E2%80%AFPM.png Arizona - Round Mountain This is an example of what the road on the loop looks like. There are many choppy drops into washes like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b20f297e-bd76-4643-9b44-b7a783de46f0/Screenshot+2026-01-15+at+10.10.28%E2%80%AFPM.png Arizona - Round Mountain I hiked a good amount of miles out here. Making zig zags to find pieces I liked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b38d28f3-dd32-4d26-91d4-2caec7c5fbe9/Screenshot+2026-01-15+at+10.10.45%E2%80%AFPM.png Arizona - Round Mountain Nice deep reds and clear oranges with some awesome shape underneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1768535692463-ZJR0LE2MSVDYAIRW7XDW/IMG_5704.jpg Arizona - Round Mountain The sunset really helped spot the chalcedony, especially the red ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/975e2abf-248e-413e-9628-41629f11570f/Screenshot+2026-01-15+at+10.10.28%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/98e03345-909e-43d1-bc3c-2b3810d0a9da/Screenshot+2025-11-29+at+2.25.29%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/colorado-north-grand-junction-barite-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/025793f5-c972-46ae-8b5e-4965e339a724/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.17.25%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - North Grand Junction Barite Rockhounding The weathered rock here looks almost like gravel piles in a quarry from a distance as you drive in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/dbb46d67-d6ba-42ff-9788-04cb6166d68d/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.17.52%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - North Grand Junction Barite Rockhounding The locals you may meet in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/138e157d-a4fe-4cb5-a2ac-b8a18bc2cecc/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.18.30%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - North Grand Junction Barite Rockhounding Here is an example of the holes you'll see dug all throughout this area. There are hundreds of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d5228d24-a950-48e0-bf9f-cbdabfd6e9d3/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.19.04%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - North Grand Junction Barite Rockhounding If you walk up to one, you'll see white or yellow calcite all over the place like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/40ea25f6-0977-4cb1-a3ad-e592cb8a2e58/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.20.44%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - North Grand Junction Barite Rockhounding Another example of pieces found laying on the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2bd3842c-e709-47b1-a4f2-04b9c2c40d40/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.21.09%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - North Grand Junction Barite Rockhounding If you're curious if you've found barite or calcite, calcite has a perfect rhombohedral cleavage. So it'll break into clean, non-90 degree blocks like this. It also will be much less dense than barite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1768876369136-16QWR147HMY76DVL2C32/Screenshot%2B2026-01-19%2Bat%2B9.21.32%25E2%2580%25AFPM.png Colorado - North Grand Junction Barite Rockhounding Here's an example of one of the more drastic pieces I found out there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e28baa84-683c-4bc0-a9e8-96014e10f7d8/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.22.05%E2%80%AFPM.png Colorado - North Grand Junction Barite Rockhounding An example of calcite with a nice rainbow inside. You'll want something soft and fluffy to wrap pieces like this if you want to get them home safely. Calcite doesn't tend to hold up well if it's jostled around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7240a53d-7b17-4e08-ba94-07b13911e29c/Screenshot+2026-01-19+at+9.22.05%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/33228a7c-ed71-4da6-a119-d2fa7caa812a/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.16.10%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f9fb6392-b767-4d3c-b993-98c2e00416ff/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.19.49%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/arkansas-crystal-vista-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2a5719f2-ee2c-4e3a-bd40-06ce2b7a75a2/Screenshot+2026-01-15+at+11.45.59%E2%80%AFPM.png Arkansas - Crystal Vista Rockhounding This is the relatively steep hike up to the dig site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c2d9d613-0563-427d-ba7b-cf7ea5f52688/Screenshot+2026-01-16+at+12.05.58%E2%80%AFAM.png Arkansas - Crystal Vista Rockhounding Here's a Google Earth measurement of the rough path. 0.7 miles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/10b884cc-c399-43ef-86bb-8af8cd8df4f8/Screenshot+2026-01-15+at+11.46.12%E2%80%AFPM.png Arkansas - Crystal Vista Rockhounding This is the newly added fenceline that creates a boundary along the dig area. Admittedly, I worried at first but there is plenty of room to dig. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/423e9652-8f2a-47cd-af5d-8960bce93691/Screenshot+2026-01-15+at+11.49.25%E2%80%AFPM.png Arkansas - Crystal Vista Rockhounding It looks like dirt, but this is the bedrock you'll be digging in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/bbd87550-538f-4ef5-8d26-1a8569e426aa/Screenshot+2026-01-15+at+11.48.16%E2%80%AFPM.png Arkansas - Crystal Vista Rockhounding One of my better points. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/91dadad1-3653-499e-8661-280c29dc2da1/Screenshot+2026-01-15+at+11.48.54%E2%80%AFPM.png Arkansas - Crystal Vista Rockhounding An elongated piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1768539394228-YMDDF1GCDSI93KDI4AVT/Screenshot%2B2026-01-15%2Bat%2B11.51.24%25E2%2580%25AFPM.png Arkansas - Crystal Vista Rockhounding A small 3-pointed cluster, where they all pointed towards each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1768539359480-IVK4QPTF3R6INWNLHRAL/Screenshot%2B2026-01-15%2Bat%2B11.50.56%25E2%2580%25AFPM.png Arkansas - Crystal Vista Rockhounding The largest cluster I was able to pull out of there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/77aac883-b407-476f-8f8c-52b27b88d14c/Screenshot+2026-01-15+at+11.49.51%E2%80%AFPM.png Arkansas - Crystal Vista Rockhounding Lots of fun, but hard work! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/2d092eab-82ae-4954-9940-bf1bafe1c551/Screenshot+2026-01-15+at+11.35.18%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/0281fe1d-9be0-4ce7-a64a-23c1f2a22667/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+4.43.51%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/8494bda2-e3ee-466a-bde8-6897559810dd/Screenshot+2026-01-16+at+12.11.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f9fb6392-b767-4d3c-b993-98c2e00416ff/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.19.49%E2%80%AFAM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/wyoming-tough-creek-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e36cdb70-d106-4800-9670-9f3a0c70ecd4/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.44.31%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Tough Creek Rockhounding Here's the mix of rocks you'll find. If you look close, there's also a lizard of some sort in the center here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a056c409-d767-4739-ae5e-b8fcd51f299b/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.43.01%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Tough Creek Rockhounding Green aventurine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/81aabfba-9487-4a87-9561-aefed33ea585/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.42.11%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Tough Creek Rockhounding The banded iron has a waxy feel to it with worn ridges. It comes in a variety of different color patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b7dfc3fb-4839-4c31-88bc-5efc9a7a845a/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.42.32%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Tough Creek Rockhounding These were about the biggest pieces I came across out here. I didn't dig, just walked a mile or two on the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/68c3865f-687c-4572-8669-09ff733c8456/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.43.19%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Tough Creek Rockhounding This was one of my favorites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/863dd272-1785-456f-b205-12fff8b029f9/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.43.56%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Tough Creek Rockhounding This was my largest one. I'm sure there's larger chunks out here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/78f1a93b-c6be-4459-b8d5-1b684fba2615/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.41.43%E2%80%AFAM.png Wyoming - Tough Creek Rockhounding My friend at camp for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1770980362682-JDT121SNQMU0SFA9GMK1/Screenshot%2B2026-02-13%2Bat%2B5.41.26%25E2%2580%25AFAM.png Wyoming - Tough Creek Rockhounding Wyoming has awful sunsets and is a terrible place to camp. Tell your friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/b2ac5207-b833-408c-b867-7ef7ffe3689f/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+5.45.35%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/153abbde-270e-4f1c-8b01-848fc99f0f2b/Screenshot+2025-06-29+at+5.42.59%E2%80%AFPM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/south-dakota-teepee-canyon-mining-area-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/105bf4a2-61c7-4c31-b8cf-1539e4eb4b1c/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.07.38%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Teepee Canyon Mining Area Rockhounding An example of the 2 track road I took my van down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1d4a1ee7-5be9-4fe7-979c-16f280ce5853/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.07.16%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Teepee Canyon Mining Area Rockhounding This is what the workings look like. It's a bunch of busted up limestone blocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c0defed1-7df8-4951-8dd2-f224404ba4f2/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.01.17%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Teepee Canyon Mining Area Rockhounding These are some chert nodules, still within the limestone matrix rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ee0914db-9b67-4b52-bec6-7f60b626b29a/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.00.48%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Teepee Canyon Mining Area Rockhounding One of the more eye-catching little fragments I found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/338a2f8b-a0c0-459d-b076-71927e0d019f/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+12.59.29%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Teepee Canyon Mining Area Rockhounding This is a different piece of a Teepee Canyon agate that I got wet to better show the color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/dfc4287e-435a-4fbc-9bc3-b8a7c6ca1ccf/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.00.15%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Teepee Canyon Mining Area Rockhounding The spot I dug a little bit in to eventually find a few loose nodules. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9e776f07-be86-4154-828f-0a6fa9e6ff47/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.00.31%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Teepee Canyon Mining Area Rockhounding No luck getting banding, but a little bit of color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/89a8d793-aa57-4d35-aa7a-550bd80840bc/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+12.59.55%E2%80%AFAM.png South Dakota - Teepee Canyon Mining Area Rockhounding Teepee Canyon agates are found for miles within this area. Don't be shy to go out and find your own spot in the Black Hills to hunt for them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed858f8c-9eee-4feb-99f4-6d8d41618e35/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+12.59.55%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/8494bda2-e3ee-466a-bde8-6897559810dd/Screenshot+2026-01-16+at+12.11.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/153abbde-270e-4f1c-8b01-848fc99f0f2b/Screenshot+2025-06-29+at+5.42.59%E2%80%AFPM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/south-dakota-mud-springs-road-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c2c57d1d-26ce-4ef0-91c9-931b49b7107e/Screenshot+2026-02-10+at+12.15.44%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Mud Springs Road Rockhounding South Dakota's Black Hills region is beautiful and often has good hiking weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ee4cc916-7cb4-431c-90d5-8703e270d223/Screenshot+2026-02-10+at+12.13.12%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Mud Springs Road Rockhounding Here's an example of a Teepee Canyon agate. These aren't world class pieces. The ones dug 30 or 40 years ago are huge by comparison! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c78de96d-b32f-4c69-b05c-1b1077266709/Screenshot+2026-02-10+at+12.12.57%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Mud Springs Road Rockhounding This one had multiple patches of nice color and banding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f2a48a5d-4757-4620-852f-5dfc6def2b3d/Screenshot+2026-02-10+at+12.14.28%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Mud Springs Road Rockhounding I also tried my hand splitting a few nodules. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1d398acd-a45e-4209-a360-8f71bfe0e35b/Screenshot+2026-02-10+at+12.15.01%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Mud Springs Road Rockhounding This one was a dud - they don't all contain banding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1131c124-a48e-459a-845c-24da83065c8d/Screenshot+2026-02-10+at+12.14.03%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Mud Springs Road Rockhounding Some souvenirs to try on the saw back home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c2c57d1d-26ce-4ef0-91c9-931b49b7107e/Screenshot+2026-02-10+at+12.15.44%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/100e53e3-dde3-4361-a787-bdb3f04f83f8/Screenshot+2025-06-09+at+6.16.07%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/153abbde-270e-4f1c-8b01-848fc99f0f2b/Screenshot+2025-06-29+at+5.42.59%E2%80%AFPM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/south-dakota-indian-creek-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/bd802cab-afde-4573-b5a9-b51001972636/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.52.32%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Indian Creek Rockhounding Here is the view of Indian Creek, prior to taking the gravel switchback down to the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f26c105d-f100-4dd4-aee6-b39f498adaa1/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.55.40%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Indian Creek Rockhounding You'll have a hard time taking bad photos here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/490c8c81-c402-4035-ace7-c5ed7a4362e6/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.59.19%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Indian Creek Rockhounding This is a prairie agate. They are abundant and can look deceptively like Fairburn Agates at first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/654cc226-6fee-4f0b-ab32-5525937501db/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.58.31%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Indian Creek Rockhounding Rose quartz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f4067e2a-122f-4dd4-ac83-822ba981d7c1/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.58.10%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Indian Creek Rockhounding Another piece of rose quartz. They've got a naturally smooth texture, which I assumed was a byproduct of being weathered around pretty heavily before ending up here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d7f14a86-58db-4ea4-8672-c771c540fa12/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.57.32%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Indian Creek Rockhounding Another prairie agate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7b375b3a-6cf7-4544-941d-7f879089491b/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.53.58%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Indian Creek Rockhounding A nice black prairie agate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/97a6a23d-03c8-4cc9-b466-7b036c358dc3/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+2.55.07%E2%80%AFPM.png South Dakota - Indian Creek Rockhounding These is the view after hiking West over 2 plateaus. if you look on a Map, you'll see just how large the Indian Creek area is to explore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/437f4bf8-7cc9-4b8d-adc7-ab9ee3d786ae/Screenshot+2026-02-09+at+3.01.33%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/9eda2ed9-8749-4fe8-b285-c0862504458b/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+7.15.05%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a651dc36-1b6d-4ad3-a320-1ca94009270d/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.58.48%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/153abbde-270e-4f1c-8b01-848fc99f0f2b/Screenshot+2025-06-29+at+5.42.59%E2%80%AFPM.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/michigan-two-hearted-river-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/fa0529c2-9532-40e4-b1b3-fecc95e43989/Screenshot+2026-01-24+at+12.05.44%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Two Hearted River Rockhounding The morning drive up to the Northeastern UP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1769231215532-CI803AEFFUZOI8CDI8FG/Screenshot%2B2026-01-24%2Bat%2B12.04.51%25E2%2580%25AFAM.png Michigan - Two Hearted River Rockhounding Underwater in the Lake, right by the river mouth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/65668814-c7a9-4d4d-a817-3646638f6ffe/Screenshot+2026-01-24+at+12.06.05%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Two Hearted River Rockhounding It's big and has banding, but this looks like a coldwater agate or stromatolite instead of a Lake Superior Agate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/82296a6c-a4bd-4859-83a4-ddf550e8eb9e/Screenshot+2026-01-24+at+12.04.34%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Two Hearted River Rockhounding A crazy granite that stuck out against the others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1769231239071-17ATTWJBYRM87NT66OFX/Screenshot%2B2026-01-24%2Bat%2B12.04.01%25E2%2580%25AFAM.png Michigan - Two Hearted River Rockhounding There is awesome variety in type of rock and a good mix of each type https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1769231252027-2AWLAKWZ94EXJTYNEKZI/Screenshot%2B2026-01-24%2Bat%2B12.03.46%25E2%2580%25AFAM.png Michigan - Two Hearted River Rockhounding Hematite jasper - all these next pictures were taken at sunset. The light is interesting, but there's no photo editing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d1aabf42-9dfa-46f3-b66e-46f6f217b08d/Screenshot+2026-01-24+at+12.03.11%E2%80%AFAM.png Michigan - Two Hearted River Rockhounding A good sized chunk of banded iron with bands that almost resembled wood grain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1769231285987-NXJH5006DPZQC9KC3TNC/Screenshot%2B2026-01-24%2Bat%2B12.02.57%25E2%2580%25AFAM.png Michigan - Two Hearted River Rockhounding If the small purple crystals are garnet, this might be something called eclogite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1769231303769-WTKEDF1TK7I1SFLJZQFM/Screenshot%2B2026-01-24%2Bat%2B12.02.35%25E2%2580%25AFAM.png Michigan - Two Hearted River Rockhounding I've been told this is unakite, but an oddly patterned piece of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/fa24d3d2-6573-4472-91a1-bd5e1a969016/Screenshot+2025-03-05+at+12.15.31%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7c695215-b488-4e72-bc03-635cea0568c3/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.51.31%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/1f6420c2-adc8-4a07-8ac3-a26d55841a6d/Screenshot+2025-06-01+at+5.55.16%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/ed9cd0c7-fcf5-428e-8714-0a48377978ae/Screenshot+2025-05-31+at+6.59.20%E2%80%AFAM+-+Edited.png https://rockhoundingmap.com/utah-joe-wilson-wash-rockhounding daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/88d9f1c5-912a-4c47-81df-d9e8860fd82f/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.32.29%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Joe Wilson Wash Rockhounding Inside the wash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a22f5958-0a16-411f-ab59-cbec6f43e899/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.32.14%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Joe Wilson Wash Rockhounding There's some deep wells where water seems to have carved out some holes. Watch your step. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/6d15b137-0b1d-4832-842d-7130cc395e2a/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.31.34%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Joe Wilson Wash Rockhounding A nice example of the brightly colored chalcedony/agate that's found all throughout the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/6b47c1d9-c42c-4c1f-9f18-c322d2126cf2/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.32.51%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Joe Wilson Wash Rockhounding Some of the pieces get fairly large. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7e2d251a-20ea-45b1-b325-a9d6755fae20/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.33.17%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Joe Wilson Wash Rockhounding I am unsure what this is, but it appears to be an igneous rock with large crystals packed all throughout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/c013e7ce-4185-4d73-9d72-d5d7b51068a3/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+1.30.50%E2%80%AFAM.png Utah - Joe Wilson Wash Rockhounding Be sure to stop by the Wilson Arch that's right up HWY 191. 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We didn't use iron out or oxalic acid for any cleaning, since it will react with the hematite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/6140d7de-3617-4760-b2a8-40fded367fd8/Screenshot+2026-01-27+at+3.00.21%E2%80%AFAM.png South Carolina - Diamond Hill Mine This is the manganese oxide scaling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/4151d1c7-cfe2-4dab-b803-411cb45d22d7/IMG_2031.jpeg South Carolina - Diamond Hill Mine Here they are together in one piece, along with clear quartz. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/f2d25139-3a9c-4677-aaaf-36648df23b0f/Screenshot+2026-02-23+at+9.46.30%E2%80%AFPM.png New Mexico - Rockhound State Park It's a 1.2 mile loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d5f2e967-6354-4edc-81ef-e735265268f6/Screenshot+2026-02-23+at+10.00.12%E2%80%AFPM.png New Mexico - Rockhound State Park I thought this was petrified wood but I think it's actually rhyolite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5e6860f7-a71c-4720-9e46-05c51ff19da1/Screenshot+2026-02-23+at+10.10.31%E2%80%AFPM.png New Mexico - Rockhound State Park One of the stranger ones I found out here. It looks like it has a little square of the rhyolite down the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/a826c4c0-927c-4199-92a3-e148c3486ef9/Screenshot+2026-02-23+at+9.57.29%E2%80%AFPM.png New Mexico - Rockhound State Park I believe this is black perlite, but initally thought it was obsidian. The parking lot has a sign about the rocks found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/5cb24c9a-075e-4c2b-95e8-cb2f3d9b8f60/Screenshot+2026-02-23+at+9.59.03%E2%80%AFPM.png New Mexico - Rockhound State Park Eventually I found an outcrop of the perlite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/d981b79d-37b0-4f3c-9f05-4e4e84b50211/Screenshot+2026-02-23+at+9.58.44%E2%80%AFPM.png New Mexico - Rockhound State Park If you poke around enough, there are flows of it where you'll find many pieces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/cca54b87-44b1-4c00-9a13-a07e69b80ea3/Screenshot+2026-02-23+at+9.57.08%E2%80%AFPM.png New Mexico - Rockhound State Park Tons of cacti up here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/7f9d2f0f-7c42-4fb6-a6fd-6bf5ab258cc3/Screenshot+2026-02-23+at+9.49.45%E2%80%AFPM.png New Mexico - Rockhound State Park I think this could be a thunderegg. Still have yet to cut it, unfortunately https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/e9b2479f-67cf-4271-a000-fe50211770bb/Screenshot+2026-02-23+at+10.13.28%E2%80%AFPM.png New Mexico - Rockhound State Park Maybe another, but with a different outer texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/3fc38390-3a85-4c2d-823f-bc35f50b955e/Screenshot+2026-02-23+at+9.55.44%E2%80%AFPM.png New Mexico - Rockhound State Park An agate of some sort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c1ef32653d1529f1a33e70/629b80b2-443e-4201-8958-11013d4e7ad8/Screenshot+2026-02-23+at+10.19.09%E2%80%AFPM.png New Mexico - Rockhound State Park Two ibex I saw outside Carlsbad Caverns the next day. 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