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What is the difference between precious stones and semiprecious stones? The dictionary describes semi-precious stones as being less valuable than precious stones. But, of course, that isn’t always ac

Texas produces a large variety of gemstones, rocks, minerals and fossils. Sandy sediments typical of the coastal plain make up southeastern Texas. Behind this lies the Llano uplift of central Texas...

North Carolina is a great for rockhounding, because of its many Pay for Dig sites. The eastern half, covering about 45% of North Carolina, is the low-lying coastal plain extending to the fall line,...

Georgia has rocks of almost every geological period exposed. So, it is not surprising that Georgia has a large variety of rocks and minerals. The southern half of the state is part of the...

Arkansas is a great state for rockhounding because of its abundance of quartz crystals. In fact, quartz was named the Arkansas state mineral in 1967. Southern and eastern Arkansas is sandy river...

  Montana is The Treasure State, fitting for its rocks and minerals. Montana Agate is probably the most well known rock from Montana! Montana Agate co

Maine is an excellent state for rock and mineral collecting! The northern part of Maine is hilly and often swampy, the southern part is rolling uplands broken by hills, isolated mountains and...

  Hematite is a silvery, shiny opaque black stone that almost looks like metal. It is a common iron ore. In fact Hematite is the source for a large percentage of the iron mined in this...

For obvious reasons rockhounding is much harder in Alaska!  Much of the ground is frozen or hard to get to. But Alaska does have lots of rocks and minerals including agates, jaspers, and...

Rhode Island is one of the worst states for finding gem grade rocks and minerals. Once a plain not much above sea level, Rhode Island has been uplifted and its surface covered by stream action into...