372 results for jasper

There are about 5000 identified mineral names. There are new ones being added every year, but only about 130 of the known ones are actually considered "gemstone" minerals.  "Gemstones" itself...

What are the Birthstones and Zodiac Stones, and what do they mean? Just when the Zodiac Signs were declared is unclear.  Some form of zodiac use preceded the Babylonians, though it was the...

Connecticut is small and the variety of rocks found there is small. But Connecticut still offers great rockhounding. A central lowland valley divides eastern and western Connecticut. This valley is...

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...

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...

    In order to manage what could become a huge type of gemstone list-I've tried to sort my rock and mineral informati

Mississippi does not have many rock and mineral resources. Much of Mississippi is built of sand, gravel, and mud brought down by the Mississippi River and which has filled a great bay in the Gulf...

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. <

Blue Lace Agate is a beautiful cryptocrystalline quartz stone or a member of the chalcedony family.   Generally only solid colored materials are actually named "chalcedony".  Most...

Tiger Iron consists of Red Jasper, Hematite, and Tiger eye. It is a great example of a metamorphosed gemstone: More than 2 billion years ago, deposits of these three materials were slowly mashed...