Rockhounding Resources and Links
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Step right up, rock enthusiasts! Welcome to our ultimate Rockhound Resources page. Your one-stop guide for planning epic rockhounding adventures and discovering awe-inspiring rocks and minerals. Can't find what you're digging for? Don't fret! Drop us a line and we'll help unearth the answers you seek!
🗺️ROCK YOUR WORLD BEST BEACHES TO ROCKHOUND IN OREGON MAP🗺️
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Where to Find Cool Rocks in Oregon
Double Eagle Mine - Fee digging and screening one of the best deposits of Oregon Sunstone
Dust Devil Sunstone Mine - Fee digging and belt picking for the famous Oregon Sunstone
Spectrum Sunstone Mine - Fee digging and belt picking for the famous Oregon Sunstone
Wheeler High School Fossil Beds - Bridge Creek Leaf Fossils - John Day Fossil Beds
Holleywood Ranch - Rock Shop and Fee dig for high quality petrified wood near Sweethome. - CALL FIRST THINGS CHANGE DYNAMICALLY HERE
Lucky Strike Thunderegg Mine - Thundereggs - Ochoco Mountains
Where to Find Cool Rocks in California
Benitoite Mining Company - Mine rare and famous blue benitoite near Coalinga, CA
Himalaya Tourmaline Mine - Tourmaline Mining east of San Diego, CA
Ernst Quarries - Dig Marine Fossils near Bakersfield, CA
Where to Find Cool Rocks in Nevada
Swordfish Opal Mine - Home of the precious opal snake head!Bonanza Opal Mine - Fee tailings dig. Great for those who are looking for cutters as a lot of the tailings are old enough to have let the opal cure.
Rainbow Ridge Opal Mine - Tailings diggings for opalized limb casts
Royal Peacock Opal Mine - One of the fee mining locations in Virgin Valley where you can still dig in virgin ground!
Royston Turquoise Mine - A must visit for Turquoise addicts!
Where to Find Cool Rocks in Washington
Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Site - Find your own Eocene plant fossils in northern central Washington.
Where to Find Cool Rocks in Idaho
Crystal Gold Mine - Private underground gold mine with gift shop and tour near Kellogg, Idaho
Eagle City Park - Private GOLD mining near Kingston Idaho
Emerald Creek - Screen for Idaho Star Garnets!
Spencer Opal Mine - Precious Opal tailings dig in Spencer, Idaho. AMAZING Opal!
Where to Find Cool Rocks in Montana
Gem Mountain - Pan for your own Montana SapphiresSpokane Bar Sapphire Mine - Another great location to pan sapphire gravel, they also have virtual mining!
Baisch's Dinosaur Digs - Take home dinosaur fossils, petrified wood, colorful rocks and precious memories from a day in the Eastern Montana badlands. Play paleontologist while you hunt for and excavate triceratops, edmontosaurus, and the elusive T-rex.
Where to Find Cool Rocks in Texas
Barringer Hill Minerals - Topaz, fluorite, rare earth minerals, pyrite, strawberry quartz and much more depending on the site we are hunting in Llano County.
Where to Find Cool Rocks in Wyoming
Warfield's Fish Fossil Safari (TM) - Warfield Fossils invites you to come on a Fossil Safari® where you can dig your own fossil fish in our private quarry. There are an abundance of fossil fish in the “Green River Formation.” Most people find enough fish to satisfy their appetite in the first two hours.
Tynskys Fossil Digs - Guided fossil digs to find fossil fish in the "Green River Formation" of Wyoming
Where to Find Cool Rocks in Utah
Blue Crystal Mine - Dig for Azurite outside Moab Utah
Gem Tours - Mine for Topaz at two different locations and try your hand at finding precious and VALUABLE red beryl
> Topaz Mountain Adventures - Find topaz and other gems in this intensive and personalized topaz hunt
U-Dig - Trilobite mining near Delta, UT
Where to Find Cool Rocks in Florida
Fossil Expeditions - Kayak to different locations to find everything from mammoth teeth to megladon shark teeth
Places to Buy Rocks and Minerals by State
Rock and Gems Shop in Oregon
Rock Your World - Lincoln City, OR
Pier Ave Rock Shop - Tierra Del Mar, OR
Ed's House of Gems - Portland, OR
The Fossil Cartel - Portland, OR
Highland Rock & Gem - Burns, OR
Visions Rock Shop - Lincoln City, OR
Prehistoric - Lincoln City, OR
The Crystal Wizard - Gleneden Beach, OR
Roosters Rocks - South Beach, OR
Mystery Gallery - Milwaukie, OR
Aquarius Bookstore - Grants Pass, OR
Crystal Kaleidoscope - Selma, OR
Dragon Rocks - North Bend, OR
Shamous'es - Seaside, OR
Celestial Awakenings - Portland/Vancouver
Best Crystals - Portland, OR
Wesley's Trading Post - Newport, OR
Hi Desert Craft - Lakeview, OR
Al and Merles - Corvallis, OR
Neukomms Rock and Gem - Corvallis, OR
5 Elements - Eugene, OR
Richardsons Rock Ranch - Madras, Or
Rock and Gem Shop in Washington
Handley's Rock & Gem - Vancouver, WAGingko Gem Shop - Vantage, WA
Jerrys Rock Shop - Kent, WA
Lotus of the Moon - Richland, WA
Amethyst Creamery - Richland, WA
Manic Mermaid - Tacoma, WA
Earthlight Rocks and Gems - Kirkland, WA
Moore Than Rocks - Kent, WA
Cove Crystal Shop - Shelton, WA
Wonders of the World - Spokane, WA
Purple Tornado Rocks - Issaquah ,WA
Rock and Gem Shop in California
Chapman's Gem & Mineral Shop - Fortuna, CARock and Gem Shop in Idaho
Stewarts Gem Shop - Boise, IDService Station Gems - Marsing, ID
Idaho Rock Shop - Online shop based out of SW Idaho
Earthbrite Rock and Gem - Caldwell, ID
Must See Rock and Gem Museums & Geologic Visitors Centers
Crater Rock Museum - Located in Central Point, OR, this rock and gem museum is 12,000 sq ft of world class minerals and gems from all over the world.
Baker City Historical Museum - Home of the Calvin-Warfel Collection. It's impressive, I've seen it. These ladies knew how to collect rocks and gems!
Rice Museum of Rock & Minerals - An impressive and expansive collection of minerals and gems from throughout the world with a special wing dedicated to the gems Pacific Northwest.
Thomas Condon Paleoletelogical Visitors Center - Located at the Sheep Rock unit of the John Day Fossil Beds, this visitor and intrepretive center is a MUST SEE if you love fossils and would like to better understand the geologic history of Oregon State!
Rockhound Resources & Rockhounding Blogs
ORE-ROCK-ON DVD - Must have for the Pacific NW Rockhound! Rockhounding maps of Oregon, Washington and Idaho locations both current and historic!
Crook County Chamber of Commerce - Rockhound the areas around Prineville Oregon - Local area rockhounding maps of free public areas in Crook County, Oregon.
Useful Rockhound Information
USGS Earthquake Map - See what's SHAKIN!Geology.com - Great resource for all of your geology related news
Oregon DOGAMI - Oregon Department of Geology & Mineral Industries
