Rockhounds will find agate, minerals and rocks from around the world all close at home. The show offers an opportunity to look at agates from across the globe or buy and trade stones. Vendors provide ...

Jan O’Neil patiently rifled through piles of rocks Friday morning north of Cloquet. As she hunted for agates, quartz and jasper (her favorite), dust rose from the pile. She sprayed a rock with water ...

Four Corners Gem and Mineral Club will host a free lecture, “Agates versus Jaspers: what they are and how to tell them apart,” at 6 p.m. Monday at 2351 Main Ave. Member Tom Strain will bring examples ...

In a full day's search on the last day of March, Mike Jacobs of Monticello and I found 121 agates. That seemed a lot to an amateur like me, whose agate hunting has been largely confined to looking ...

Designers say local materials reduce their environmental impact and are aesthetically pleasing, too. By Rachel Garrahan Gray-white billows swirl across the surface of an agate ring in Sian Evans’s new ...

The Gem Shop returns to Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles on Thursday, Oct. 12, for Stone-A-Palooza 2023. Based in Wisconsin, The Gem Shop is a full lapidary specializing in agates & ...

A bucket of collected rocks from the White Fir Agate Beds. U.S. Forest service roads zigzag through the mountains and wooded landscapes of the Ochoco National Forest. Getting the full scope of the ...

Paesina stone comes from Tuscany in Italy, particularly from Florence. It is a silty limestone, formed during the Cretaceous period. The stone is marked by a 3D network of fine cracks. Groundwater ...

No one makes eye contact. They're too intent on the ground, searching for one of Central Minnesota's oldest buried treasures: Lake Superior agates. Butch Goldenstein figures he's found hundreds of ...

Lake Superior agates often feature a brownish-red exterior that may be pitted and slightly translucent. They’re easiest to ...