Rockhounding the Rockies

Since it is a rainy day today I thought I might catch up on my blog. I had a fairly nice find on 31Aug with crystal extraction and cleaning...

This year has been a poor one for collecting crystals at Lake George. The Waldo Canyon fire, Lake George fire and continuous temperatures i...

I decided to attend an estate sale that promised thousands of rocks. The owner of many of these specimens an avid member of the Colorado Sp...

This past weekend I went to a rock and mineral show in Buena Vista. I always keep my eye out for something different and this particular ...

Yesterday I went to Hackett Gulch, generally a dry arroyo that when wet feeds into the Platte R.  It was a fairly long trip on dirt roads, ...

I have not posted to my rockhounding blog in some time due to studying for tests and a large fire here in Colorado Springs which some of yo...

Little Pikes Peak is near its bigger brother.  I suppose someone must have mistaken it for it's namesake at some point in time.  Today ...