Were you one of the 350,000 persons who tried, unsuccessfully, to find Forrest Fenn's treasure chest? One man found the trove this June in the Rocky Mountains, after a decade of searching. If so, it’s ...

My idea of a relaxing weekend away is a luxury spa with a great book in a quiet place. My husband’s preference is to go gem collecting with fellow rockhounds. For years I just thought this was quirky ...

Don Gerig’s daughter was five years old when she began picking up “pretty rocks” in the gravel driveway of their home in Canby, Oregon. The cardiac physiologist and father of two was happy to take her ...

MOJAVE TRAILS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Calif. — If dyed-in-the-wool rockhound Gregor Losson takes you to his favorite mineral hunting grounds, be prepared to set out before sunrise in his four-wheel-drive ...

A member of the Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society holds up a piece of blue-green tourmaline found while on a field trip at Havey Quarry in Poland, Maine. Credit: Courtesy of Maine ...

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 ...