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I previously wrote a blog for those wishing to pursue an education in mining. You can read that hear:https://www.oakrocks.net/blog/an-education-in-mining/But what if you want an education in Earth S ...

Here are some of the many rocks and minerals used for medicinal purposes in the past. This information is presented strictly for fun and education. We do not offer any medical advice, DO NO ...

Rockhounding, also referred to as rock hunting and mineral collecting, is the hobby of going out in the field to look for and collect interesting rocks. I am writing a series of blogs that de ...

Wisconsin is one of the best states in the U.S. for finding a variety of rocks, crystals and minerals. Wisconsin is a rolling plain laid down on sedimentary rocks and broken in places by uplifted ig ...

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 ...

    In order to manage what could become a huge type of gemstone list-I've tried to sort my rock and mineral information in obvious categories: my quartz category is for quartz, rose qu ...

Virginia though small, produces a wide variety of rocks, minerals, fossils and metals. Drowned valleys along the coastal plain of Virginia form long bays and, in the southeast, swamps such as the Gr ...

Washington's Petrified Woods are some of the finest in the nation. The Petrified Woods not only represent a broad range of colors and patterns, but also represent a wide range of identifiable spec ...

OakRocks (aka Barlow's Gems) Located in Phoenix, AZ  USA 602-571-9287 oakrocks@msn.com We have been in the gem and mineral business for 40 years.  We have sold on eBay since 2004 un ...

Oregon is known for jaspers, agates, thundereggs, and petrified wood. Oregon's terrain varies from beaches to pine covered mountains to barren desert.  Graveyard Point Plume, Priday, Stinkin ...

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 ...

  Minnesota contains some of the oldest rocks on Earth. It has granitic gneisses that formed some 3,600 million years ago. Southern Minnesota rises from the midwestern prairies into a rolling ...