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10/05/2025

Some pretty decent rainbow obsidian from Davis Creek.

10/05/2025

7” across and 9 lbs of Condor agate madness!

10/04/2025

Dinosaur national Museum in Utah!

So you’re planning your rockhound road trip for next year and you’re heading west to some of these spectacular locations...
10/04/2025

So you’re planning your rockhound road trip for next year and you’re heading west to some of these spectacular locations I’ve shared? Well, here’s a must stop spot on your way…

The National Dinosaur Monument in Utah. One of the more fascinating natural history experiences in North America.

Northeastern Utah’s dinosaur legacy comes to life at Dinosaur National Monument, where geological and climatic forces have tilted, warped, and eroded the earth’s crust to reveal a treasure trove of fossils.

Located on the Utah border with Colorado, there is something for everyone in Dinosaur National Monument. Take your pick of touring the dinosaur quarry (kids love seeing the cool bones and fossils), going on driving tours around the park, hiking the nature trails, backpacking, white-water river running, photography, bird-watching, fishing, general sightseeing and biking.

Come see the wall of Dino bones in situ, frozen in the ground for millions of years!

10/03/2025

Rainbow Jasper from Northern California.

No coordinates for this one 😀 …We have some of the craziest Jasper here in Lassen and Plumas counties..reds, yellows, gr...
10/03/2025

No coordinates for this one 😀 …

We have some of the craziest Jasper here in Lassen and Plumas counties..reds, yellows, greens, browns, and….rainbow! Here is a stunning find by our buddy Quinn. The outcropping has produced a small pile of erosion towards the bottom of the hill which allowed for some responsoble collecting, but otherwise it is intact and quite the discovery!

In Quinn’s words: “A large outcrop of multi-colored jasper and agate, adjacent to a fern-laden, ice-cold waterfall...” sounds perfect!

10/02/2025

Fossil camel bone?

Sometimes, ok most times, we find more than rocks when we explore the desert. This was a discovery on private property ...
10/02/2025

Sometimes, ok most times, we find more than rocks when we explore the desert. This was a discovery on private property near the California/Nevada border….about 70-80 ft below the top of the weathered out creek sides in the layered sections. Speaking to a couple of different resources at universities in Reno, Arizona, and Sacramento, they suspect prehistoric camel based on size of the bone and the location of the find.

- Lassen County, California

10/01/2025

High elevation fossil coral. Rollie Emerson

We sit at 4500ft elevation, with a mix of forested mountain peaks and flat high desert expanses…but long ago this area w...
10/01/2025

We sit at 4500ft elevation, with a mix of forested mountain peaks and flat high desert expanses…but long ago this area was under water and teeming with aquatic life. Our buddy Rollie Emerson found a fabulous example of this life high on the side of one of our foothills, a well preserved coral specimen!! The mysteries of the past are all around….

- Lassen County, California

09/30/2025

Cold springs copper minerals! - Nevada

Are you close to Reno, NV? Want to hunt for colorful copper minerals? Take a quick road trip to the Cold Springs mining ...
09/30/2025

Are you close to Reno, NV? Want to hunt for colorful copper minerals? Take a quick road trip to the Cold Springs mining areas north of Reno and bring home some spectacular stuff!

We love Rollie’s adventures….here are some wonderfully colorful finds from a place that’s easily accessible, no upside down head-first caves for these 🙂

On the way home I decided to stop at Cold springs to collect some copper minerals
Chrysocolla, malachite, azurite, and various odds and ends minerals.
Recently a friend of mine had told me that they were not finding much anymore. So I got to my spot and started digging..
Ended up with about half a bucket full of some nice material. I sent photos to my friend, and he is headed there now lol! Here are a few pics of some of the better pieces. Some of this is gem grade and patterns run all through the pieces. About a foot deep you will start seeing the blue. Just inspect the rocks at they layer, and pieces of nice material will pop up. Good luck for those should go out and check it out. 😁

- Northwestern Nevada, USA

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