In a full day's search on the last day of March, Mike Jacobs of Monticello and I found 121 agates. That seemed a lot to an amateur like me, whose agate hunting has been largely confined to looking ...

Known for their colors and patterns, collectors are often amazed at agates that turn up on Upper Peninsula lakeshores, with some known to be up to 20 pounds, according to the Michigan Department of ...

Two women were moving rocks on a beach along the Yellowstone River the other day. “Did you lose something?” I asked. “No,” they replied. They were looking for agates. You may have seen agates in gift ...

Thanks to fire and ice, treasures abound. This summer, agate collectors are on the hunt in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, searching for rocks that can fetch as much as thousands of dollars ...

Known for their integrated colors and patterns, collectors are often amazed at agates that wind up on Upper Peninsula lakeshores. Known for its diversity and beauty, an agate stone is a form of quartz ...

The geochemistry of agate and chalcedony in volcanic rocks represents an intricate record of silica precipitation and crystallisation processes occurring under variable thermal and chemical conditions ...

BRAINERD — The Cuyuna Rock, Gem & Mineral Society will host the annual Agate and Mineral Show May 11-12. The show is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 11 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 12 at the Crow ...

Chase Anderson spent years working as a realtor, he left the corporate grind behind to pursue his passion: rocks.