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Brice Creek rocks, Oregon

Brice Creek: Gold Panning and Rockhounding in Oregon

2026-04-21
Quartzville Creek Rockhounding in Oregon - Volcanic Rocks, Quartz, and Gold Flakes: The picture "Quartzville Creek Rockhounding – polished conglomerate rock" displays a single oval conglomerate rock, where the surface reveals embedded dark red and brown mineral fragments within a gray matrix.

Quartzville Creek Rockhounding – Volcanic Rocks, Quartz, and Gold Flakes

2026-04-11
Silver Creek Rocks, Idaho

Silver Creek – Quartz, Mica, and Gold in Boise National Forest

2025-10-05
Chetco River Rockhounding Oregon River Rockhounding

Chetco River Rockhounding Adventures on the Oregon Coast

2024-08-02
Sixes River Rockhounding Oregon River Rock Collecting Cape Blanco Sixes River

Sixes River: Rockhounding and Recreational Prospecting

2024-07-29
Elk River Rockhounding Oregon River Gravel Bar Rockhounding

Elk River – Miles of Riverbank Rockhounding

2024-07-28

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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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