Washington is full of dazzling minerals and fossils — you just have to know where to look. But getting started as a so-called rockhound, or a collector of minerals and fossils, can be intimidating. A ...

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Beachcombers and rockhounds are searching Lake Superior beaches for colorful agates.

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Lovely day for a bit of rockhounding. Found agates, geodes, and the mild realization that we’re holding something older than civilization. Not bad for a river we nearly ignored. What we know about the ...

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Lake Superior is a dramatic rock dealer with better lighting. I love beaches where everyone else sees gray pebbles and I see possible agates, tiny copper rumors, prehnite glimmers, and the kind of ...

Saint Joe National Forest in northern Idaho extends into multiple counties, but it's at the Emerald Creek garnet site where these incredibly rare gems are routinely dug up, according to Visit Idaho.

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