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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

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

Boulder Creek Pyrite Rockhounding at Quartzville Creek Oregon: The picture "orange-stained quartz with pyrite cube" features a chunk of quartz rock streaked with orange and yellow iron staining, highlighting a small, shiny pyrite cubic crystal on its surface, set among other angular rock fragments.

Boulder Creek Pyrite Rockhounding Site, Quartzville Creek, Oregon

Brice Creek rocks, Oregon

Brice Creek: Gold Panning and Rockhounding in Oregon

Bruneau River Canyon Rockhounding in Idaho: The picture "Bruneau River Canyon jasper and river rock fragments" shows several tan, brown, and yellow jasper and river rocks scattered on dry, sandy ground, highlighting their varied shapes and textures under bright sunlight.

Bruneau River Canyon, Idaho Rockhounding: Jasper and Petrified Wood

The China Hat Geological Site in Idaho: The picture "China Hat Geological Site quartzite rock fragments" shows a cluster of light gray and tan quartzite rocks on the ground, some displaying angular breaks and rough textures, surrounded by scattered green grass and smaller stones.

China Hat Geological Area, Idaho – Fluorescent Rhyolite Site

Paris Canyon Rockhounding in Idaho: The picture "Paris Canyon Rockhounding hand holding brachiopod fossil" features a person's hand holding a thin, rectangular rock slab with a prominent circular brachiopod fossil at its center, with the dusty ground and a bag in the blurry background.

Paris Canyon, Idaho – Fossils, Calcite, and the Story of an Ancient Ocean




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