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Central Oregon Rockhounding

Maury Mountain Agate Oregon

Maury Mountain Agate Bed – Rockhounding for Moss Agates

2025-01-11
Eagle Rock Plume Agate oregon rockhounding

Eagle Rock – Home to Unique Eagle Rock Plume Agate

2024-12-17
Oregon Fischer Canyon Rockhounding

Fischer Canyon: Calcite, Jasper, and Petrified Wood in the High Desert

2024-11-13
Glass Butte and Little Glass Butte Oregon Rockhounding Obsidian

Glass Butte and Little Glass Butte: The Best Places to Find High-Quality Obsidian

2024-10-27
Dendritte Butte Oregon Rockhounding

Dendrite Butte: Limb Casts Rockhounding Area in Oregon

2024-09-08
Congleton Hollow Oregon Rockhounding

Congleton Hollow: A Place to Collect Limb Casts in Oregon

2024-09-07
Bear Creek Rockhounding Oregon Petrified Wood SIte

Bear Creek Rockhounding for Petrified Wood in Oregon

2024-08-29
White Fir Thundereggs

White Fir Springs: A Jasper Thunderegg Bed in Central Oregon

2023-07-24
Whistler Springs Thundereggs

Whistler Springs Rockhounding in Central Oregon: Thundereggs & Agates

2022-12-25
Lucky Strike Thunderegg - Oregon

Lucky Strike Mine: Pay-To-Dig Thunderegg Site in Oregon

2022-12-25
Priday Polka Dot Agate Mine, Oregon

Polka Dot Agate Mine Rockhounding: Agates & Giant Thundereggs in Oregon

2022-12-25
Richardson Rock Ranch Thundereggs

Richardson’s Rock Ranch, Oregon: Discover the World-Famous Thundereggs

2022-12-25

Recent Posts

Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park: A Must-Visit Fossil Forest: Several petrified logs are displayed on a gravel surface, with a scenic view of a river and distant hills under a clear blue sky, showcasing the natural beauty and geological significance of the area.

Best Petrified Wood Collecting Sites – Where to Find Petrified Wood?

Stayton Bridge - North Santiam River Rockhounding in Oregon: The picture "polished black and tan petrified wood" displays a chunk of black jasper with tan veins and rough tan edges, placed on a weathered wooden surface with blurred green foliage in the background.

North Santiam River Rockhounding – Stayton Bridge, Oregon

McBride Creek Rockhounding in Idaho - Common opal

McBride Creek Rockhounding in Idaho: Fossils, Petrified Wood & Agates

Sommer Camp Road Rockhounding in Idaho: The picture "surface finds of opal and chalcedony" presents several small opal and chalcedony rocks of various shapes and colors, laying on sunlit dusty ground.

Sommer Camp Road, Idaho: Rockhounding for Fluorescent Opal

Boulder Creek Pyrite Rockhounding at Quartzville Creek Oregon: Orange-stained volcanic rock with pyrite cube"

Boulder Creek Pyrite Rockhounding Site – Quartzville Creek, Oregon




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