Rockhounding the Rockies

Platte River north of Lake George Colorado I keep finding small pockets but not enough material to warrant writing a post into my bl...

I got invited to Ft Lewis College in Durango, CO to give a talk on the Pikes Peak Batholith and prospecting to their geology club.  I ...

I see rocks in my future Rock hounding the Denver Show can be fairly daunting but if you have a plan, can stay on your feet for a few ...

We found a lot of goethite ((FeO(OH)),  pseudomorphs of goethite after siderite and even iron globs on smoky quartz crystals on a hill n...

Half Of The Second Day Crystal Find!!! Finally, a pocket to be reckoned with and a decade worth of effort really pays off!  While I fo...

Iron iron everywhere, pseudomorphs, goethite, onegite and amorphous blobs of iron on crystals.  We’ve prospected a hill from time to time ...

My digging partner Bob and I returned to an area we had not dug in 4 or 5 years.  I was a bit surprised at how quickly nature had reclaime...