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New Hampshire has a large variety of rocks and minerals. This is due mostly to the pegmatites that comprise a large portion of New Hampshire's surface. The igneous and metamorphic rocks were worn...

Massachusetts, though small, has great rocks and minerals found there. Massachusetts is divided into two geological provinces by the Connecticut River. East of the river, the land falls, with a few...

Limb cast are some of the most beautiful “Petrified Wood” around.  But what is a limb cast? Limb cast begin the same way that Petrified Wood does, trees are buried quickly under several hundred yards

West Coast Mining owns the Polka Dot Agate Mine. The Polka Dot Agate Mine is near Madras, Oregon and they are open to visits! If you would like to experience digging at an actual mine site you can vis

Washington's Petrified Woods are some of the finest in the nation. <

Though Alabama isn’t really known for its rocks, it actually is rich in pretty rocks!  About 190 different minerals have been found in Alabama. The southern half of Alabama is a coastal plain...

Finding rocks and minerals in Maryland can be challenging. A lot of the good hunting areas, where rocks and minerals may be found, are heavily vegetated. The easternmost part of the state of...

Most of the good rock and mineral areas lie in the more mountainous northwestern part of South Carolina. South Carolina is located on the southern Eastern Seaboard of the United States, bordering...

Pennsylvania is not rich in rocks and minerals, and not very great for rockhounding.  There are very limited public lands, and much of it is hunting grounds. Pennsylvania does not have an...

There are rocks and minerals to be found in Iowa, but the variety is low. Iowa is mostly rolling prairie land deposited by glacial activity over sedimentary rock. In the northeast corner, where...