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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...

What is my state's official state rock, mineral, or fossil?   Alabama designated Hematite as the state mineral in 1967, Hematite as the state rock in 1969, and Star Blue Quartz as the state...

Due to covid and the influx of live shows on social media, more and more people are getting into rocks and minerals. That’s great for those of us who make a living mining and selling rocks and mineral

Coyamito Agate comes from about 40 miles north of the famous Laguna Agate area. The area is in the state of Chihuahua, in Northern Mexico. Coyamito Agate is well known for its vibrant colors of...

  Louisiana is not known as a great place to find rocks and minerals. It is completely made up of sedimentary rocks. There are no outcrops of metamorphic or igneous rocks. Much of Louisiana...

The colors in Petrified Wood come from minerals present during formation.  Petrified Wood may retain the details of the original wood, but often the bright colors are not common in the actual wood and

Plume Agates are clear or milky with three-dimensional plant, or flower-like plumes floating in them. Plumes are different than dendrites, which are usually more branch-like or thin, or moss which...

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

Before you can go out rockhounding you may need permission of whoever is in charge of the land you want to be on. So, who is in charge of land management? Private land is just that and you should alwa

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