Rockhounding the Rockies

Getting prepped for the sale with Colorado gems and minerals I went to Wyoming with a bunch of amazonite and smoky quartz crystals, ...

Clouds provided relief during a warm day at Lake George Our local Club the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society has a claim...

Hail Hail Go Away Come Again Some Other Day--the mantra as of late. That's hail not snow on the way home Tried rock hounding a...

Austin's Topaz Looking west towards Badger Flats with a little smoke in the distance In my quest of rock hounding different ...

Will Winter Ever End???  (Couple weekends ago) Feeling cooped up a bit as of late with springtime rains, wind and cool weather keeping...

Recent Colorado Mineral Purchases Hints of an early spring gave way to a wet cold weather pattern so prospecting has been put ...

Sunset over Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, CO Enough snow and ice has melted so that I decided to give rock hounding a try in the Rocky...