Tag: rockhounding
Rockhounding Women
Rockhounding women are enthusiastically stepping up to the rockhounding experience. While diamonds might be a girl’s best friend, a chunky piece of rough agate...
What are Garnets?
What are garnets? They are among the most common and popular crystallized minerals you can collect. Garnets that are a beautiful magenta and deep...
Rock Collecting in Arizona
Rock collecting in Arizona is something I've done most of my life. It's a wonderful place for a rock hound to enjoy his hobby....
What is a Rockhound?
What is a rockhound? I started thinking about what makes up a “rockhound” when I was leaving an emerald field in North Carolina. The...
Exploring the Crystal Cave in Ohio
Exploring the crystal cave in Ohio on Put-In-Bay island and the glacial grooves on Kelleys Island are must-do activities when visiting the area.
I was...
Gold Panning in Georgia
Gold panning in Georgia? When we think about gold panning, we don't think of Georgia first. But in the United States, gold was first...
How to Find Yooperlites
How to find Yooperlites is a popular question once people learn about these fluorescent sodalite rocks on the shores of Lake Superior.
Hunting for Yooperlites...
Channeling a Mother Rock: Chert
By Rebecca Solon
In the March 2020 issue of Rock & Gem, in my article entitled Cherishing Chert: A Mother Rock for the Ages, I...
Exploring Danburite
Danburite is a calcium boron silicate mineral classified as a tectosilicate within the orthorhombic crystal system. Now, that’s a mouthful! In short, it is...
New Discoveries in Newfoundland
By Antoinette Rahn
Understanding what brings and keeps people interested in rockhounding, mining history, and mineralogical study is as varied as the natural discoveries they...
