Quartz & Crystals
453 rockhounding sites
Quartz veins, crystal pockets, and pegmatite sites — from Herkimer diamonds to Arkansas clear quartz.
Rockhounding sites by type
Choose the kind of specimens you want to hunt for — then open regional guides for geodes, agates, and gem mining.
Explore Quartz & Crystals
Agate & Jasper
625 rockhounding sites
Where to find agates and jasper in the U.S. — Lake Superior beaches, Ellensburg blue, Wyoming Sweetwater fields, Texas Terlingua, Mojave desert beds, and colorful chalcedony shorelines.
Geodes
113 rockhounding sites
Where to find geodes near you — Keokuk / Warsaw Formation crystals, Utah Dugway BLM beds, Indiana limestone, Tennessee plateau nodules, and more hollow quartz-lined collecting sites.
Gemstones
187 rockhounding sites
Facetable and collector gems — emeralds, sapphires, garnets, topaz, beryl, and tourmaline localities.
Fossils
3511 rockhounding sites
Trilobites, brachiopods, petrified wood, and other paleontological collecting on public land.
Gold & Minerals
2213 rockhounding sites
Placer gold, pyrite, copper minerals, and general ore-mineral localities open to casual collecting.
Turquoise & Opal
65 rockhounding sites
Turquoise, opal, variscite, and other prized lapidary materials from the American Southwest and beyond.
Other
4453 rockhounding sites
Mixed or specialty collecting — zeolites, fluorescent minerals, thundereggs, and unique regional finds.
Compare field gear
Side-by-side comparison tables for rock picks, chisels, gold pans, safety glasses, backpacks, and more — picked for rockhounding field days.