Explore an ancient ocean’s hidden treasures as we uncover stunning crystals and botryoidal agate formations preserved inside ...

Popular rockhounding areas along the Columbia Basin in Washington are hot spots for agates and fossils. The gemstone Carnelian is considered an agate. Courtesy WA Department of Natural Resources ...

Agatized Coral hunting is becoming one of my absolute favorite things to do... beautiful colors, geodes, bubbly botryoidal agate... what else could you ask for?! Finding a fossil/gem/mineral all in ...

Washington state is a hotbed for minerals, gemstones, crystals and fossils, making the Evergreen state a popular site for rockhounding. Whether in an official group or going solo, rockhounding is the ...