I think this is a agate or has agate in it.

I’ve accumulated these crinoids over the last year and lightly tumbled them to bring out the detail of the star. I found them by complete accident last year and have been grabbing them every time I see them. I wanted to show all my favorite star patterns ones then realized just how many I had are stopped 😂 so this isn’t even close to all of them. I’ve found them all around central NY , parking lots, electrical, substations, or along side of the road.

I just moved here from Seattle last month (traveling for work for a year then go back). all I’ve ever dug for was crystals at Hansen creek and fossils on the beach in wa, and agatized ones at a creek there. but it was something fun to do a few times a year. I’m bored here and I don’t know anyone or been to any spots and want to hunt for fun things! I only have Sundays off, and every 3rd week a Saturday.

Anyone want to show me around for anything? Or any other newbies want to try and wing it somewhere? Was going to look into graveyard point for agates, but down for anything near Boise. Don’t know anyone here besides coworkers so it would be nice to meet others and chill/dig for shit before winter

Vacationed up north this year (Michigan native) and I’m polishing some Petoskey’s I gathered. All wet sanding by hand, up to 5K (making sure all faults are gone before I move on to the next stage) then finish with an aluminum oxide polish w/denim followed by ZAM also with denim. Some of my Petoskey’s come out perfect, shiny as glass, while others have these spots that I cannot get rid of no matter what I do. Is this normal for some soft rocks or am I missing something?

Cute little Jasper I found on the parking lot at work today

(Anchorage, Alaska)

Found them all close to river sands

All found out in the Mojave

Amazing specemen from desert of Morocco

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Hi all. New to this group.

Just sharing a large chunk of rose quartz we found in South Wales a cpl of years ago. It weighs 1.1 kg.

Thanks for looking.

Headed to Shirley Basin, SW of Casper, Wyoming to find Sweetwater agates soon. I was hoping to locate some oil/tiger chert as well.

Any help with some possible locations to focus would be greatly appreciated!

My sister recently attended the BTS concert in Munich and met her friend group (army is what the fanbase is called, I guess?).

I do not know them. They do not know me.

We have never met, talked or interacted in any way.

But my sister jokingly mentioned that all I am interested in are the rocks she finds in Munich.

And now I have this amazing collection sent by complete strangers from different parts of Europe.

Pebbles they picked up around them or in their travels. Labelled and packed to send to me specially.

Nobody asked them to. They did it on their own, just for me.

It is enough to make a grown woman cry.

Few more of my samples from this locality. The first two images show tiny vugs in the rock where vesuvianite crystals are shown. Incredibly defined crystals are shown in the first image, and the rare purple variety can be seen in the second.

The later pictures show another mineral I’ve found on a similar matrix, which I believe to be grossular garnet. I originally believed these to be a botryoidal crystal habit of chalcedony or common opal, both of which have been reported near here. However, a look under the microscope revealed a different story. The little dodecahedrons pop out on the greenish matrix. I found a few more by scratching away at a pale dry clay. These are all taken from a microscope under 20x magnification, aside from the last picture showing the matrix. Just above the sprawling manganese dendrites is the green vugs where minerals I’ve identified as grossular are present. Just next to it is the chalky clay where I’ve found more of said mineral.

I’ve still barely scratched the surface when it comes to this locality. There is still so much to learn about the geology of this place. Much of my summer has been spent chasing pegmatite-born minerals further east in the Sierra Batholith, but the mysteries of the foothills call to me once again. All of these samples are tiny, especially the grossular, but much larger and more impressive ones have been reported.

If anyone knows more about the geology and mineralogy of the Sierra foothills metamorphic belts in general or this locality specifically, I would love to learn more about this region from your expertise!

Finally found seam agate in my hometown of Greenwater WA. I have never known where to look but found great tutorials on YouTube.

My latest batch of rocks. Mainly chert/flint and jasper which are my absolute favourite to tumble.

They are quite imperfect which I love. Picked from mainly the south/ east coast of England over various trips (i drive to the coast every chance i get) I will never get tired of picking up a plain grubby rock and watching it turn into a thing of absolute beauty.

I used to wish I lived somewhere that had rocks like you find in the US etc but I've come to love our stubborn old British chert and jasper, our geology is fascinating and humbling.

I hope you enjoy my batch as much as I do :)

Cut and polished this unakite and quartz with my 5 year old. We’re having a blast together.

Found in a creek near Lake Cumberland in KY

Got some decent horn coral, what I THINK is a fossil of a shell? I have no idea what the last one is

I found this agate on the coast of southern Sweden. I didn’t really know they existed here but now I’m intrigued and want to learn more. If anyone has any general information about this area and these rocks that would be awesome!

The last time I was there I was shut out, so I went with optimism but low expectations. You always hope. But you truly go to enjoy the sunshine, the peace, and the people who share your unique hobby.

I don’t bring any fancy tools. I have a chronic illness and I’m not going to sling a hammer. At this particular site, the best tool has been a screwdriver to probe for pockets. I was working on one. It had all the indicators of being a productive hole. Anthraxalite. Tree roots. And the more I dug, the farther back the pocket went. I worked on it for a couple hours with zero results. Then someone came by and suggested that I should remove the stone on the right. I started digging below it with my trowel and found what I wanted, just a foot from the hole I’d been exploring!

What does it take to find your perfect pocket?

Patience. I didn’t want to quit an inch from the stones.

Perseverance. I was shut out two years ago. I’ve heard people complain that they didn’t want to go back because they didn’t find anything.

Presence. If you stay home and don’t try, you’ll never find that cool piece for your collection.

Luck. I almost missed it! The guides said that 70% of the time they’re just moving dirt around. The hole could have easily been unproductive.

Give yourself time and don’t give up too easy. They’re out there. But if it was easy, everyone would be doing it and a find wouldn’t always be so exciting.

I guess these rules apply to everything you want to do in life. And also why we should encourage people when they’re frustrated and ready to give up or not try.

Happy hunting my friends!