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Let's discuss the great hobby of collecting Rocks and Minerals. Whether it's a great trip you've taken, a special site you've found or general information about rockhounding we would love to hear about it! Feel free to post pictures of your treasures and share how you came to aquire them. Welcome to our group and Rcok On!!

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Welcome to a new adventure

Baby boomers are ideal candidates for becoming the new generation of rockhounds. Statistics reveal that baby boomers are concentrated in metropolitan areas, as opposed to rural counties. What bette... read more | posted by nanaflower

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Commodities From Our Earth That We Depend On......

................ATTENTION ROCKERS..............
It feel like our group has died......
We need some creative impetus. I had a thought we could all play a game of sorts. Let us all create together... read more | posted by NamVet58

9 replies - last reply: "Hey, Erik. My name is Ken. I've just... more" ~ DapperLapperKen

A Great Tour

I just toured the photo gallery and it is awesome. When my husband and I were rockhounds, we travelled a lot. I would check the Lapidiary Journal to locate rock shops in the areas and we visited ma... read more | posted by Btylr3

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Turning Rocks and Gems into Jewelry, NV....

10-07-08......It isn't really so difficult, but does require some years to gain experience and didication to do it. So it is a discipline of some effort.
I would say, give or take a little, that ... read more | posted by NamVet58

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Jewelry from Rocks..........

......it took me a long time to learn to transfer pictures to group album, but I finally have. I posted ten photos of jewelry my friend DWB makes for me with sterling silver and my rocks. I have be... read more | posted by NamVet58

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...thar's Opals in them thar hills....

Finally made it back to the Bonanza Opal Mine in Virgin Valley, Nevada. It was a 260 plus mile five hour drive from my house over near Reno. I was able to take Highway I-80 east to Winnemucca, and ... read more | posted by NamVet58

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Hiking, Horses, and Rock collecting......

9-15-08..........been doing a lot of hiking lately, scouting for the wild horses I am documenting. My interest is to try and save them from predatory practices of men. I have been scouting for them... read more | posted by NamVet58

1 reply - last reply: "Nam, I so enjoyed the pictures of... more" ~ Btylr3

Some of my Rock Jewelry......

........is on display in my new Rocks and Jewelry photo album on my profile page. I have talked with my Nez Perce indian silversmith friend David Walking Bear in Dayton, and we are going to work to... read more | posted by NamVet58

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Found on the Ground

Shortly after we decided to start collecting rocks and minerals, we visited my sister in Cleveland County, N.C.
She lived in a rural area and nearby were fields that had recently cultivated. I was ... read more | posted by Btylr3

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New to Group

Many years ago, almost forty to be exact, my husband and I spent many happy hours hunting and collecting rocks and minerals. He bought a 36" rock saw and from there we cut and polished many of them... read more | posted by Btylr3

2 replies - last reply: "So nice to have you as a member! I,... more" ~ nanaflower

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