Oregon Rockhounding

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

Coal Mine Basin, Idaho - Petrified & Opalized Wood

Coal Mine Basin, Idaho Rockhounding: Petrified Wood, Opal & Agate

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

Willamette River Rocks, Oregon

Willamette River Rockhounding: Geology and What You Can Find

Columbia River Rocks, Washington

Columbia River Rockhounding: Why Most Areas Are Closed to Collecting

Cow Creek Gold Panning and Rockhounding in Oregon: The picture "Cow Creek Gold Panning and Rockhounding in Oregon – people panning in the creek" shows two people standing in the shallow water of a creek surrounded by lush green trees and hills, one person bending down to pan for gold.

Cow Creek Gold Panning and Rockhounding – Historic Gold Rush Era Area

Myrtle Creek Rockhounding in Oregon: The picture "Myrtle Creek Rockhounding in Oregon – colorful rocks in shallow water" depicts a close-up view of assorted rounded rocks in shades of white, orange, green, and gray, lying in the clear, shallow edge of the creek.

Myrtle Creek Rockhounding – Collect Unique South Umpqua River Rocks

South Umpqua Rockhounding in Oregon: The picture "South Umpqua Rockhounding in Oregon – assorted colorful river rocks underwater" displays a close-up view of green, white, red, gray, and tan rocks sitting in shallow river water, highlighting their unique patterns and colors.

South Umpqua River Rockhounding – Miles of Gravel along the Scenic River

Bullards Beach Rockhounding, Oregon Coast - Treasures of Coquille River Mouth Gravel Bars in Oregon: The picture "Bullard Beach Rockhounding - Treasures of Coquille River Mouth Gravel Bars in Oregon – mixed agates and jaspers on wet sand" shows a close-up of various agates, jaspers, and other colorful rocks, some wet and shiny, scattered across the sand and gravel.

Bullards Beach Rockhounding – Treasures of Coquille River Mouth Gravel Bars

Stinkingwater Petrified Wood – Clear Creek Rockhounding in Eastern Oregon: The picture "Stinkingwater Petrified Wood – Clear Creek hand holding petrified wood" features a close-up of a hand holding a rough piece of tan and reddish petrified wood, with a blurred dry landscape in the background.

Stinkingwater Petrified Wood Rockhounding for Unique Golden Oak

Taft Beach and Siletz Bay Rockhounding Area in Oregon: The picture "Taft Beach coral agate close-up" displays a close-up of a yellowish, textured coral agate resting on a piece of driftwood, with the sandy beach and sparkling water softly blurred in the background.

Taft Beach Rockhounding – Siletz Bay’s Hidden Treasures

Lost Creek Rockhounding in Oregon: The picture "Lost Creek agates and basalt" shows several yellow and white agates along with a red stone resting on wet sand among shiny black basalt rocks.

Lost Creek – Rockhounding and Beachcombing near Newport