Arkansas rocks and minerals

Basic Rock and Mineral Cleaning at Home | Arkansas State Parks

Thundereggs! Kind of like geodes, but with one major difference. If you want to learn more about thundereggs, then here's everything you'll need to know.

Alaska is renowned for its wild areas, with long stretches of beautiful forest and mountains between settlements. But there’s more than grizzlies hiding in the mountains of the Last Frontier, there’s also gold and a

We did it! We went crystal mining - the one activity I wanted to so badly that we built an entire camping weekend around it. It ended up being better than I expected (so. many. crystals.) and for me, the highlight of our weekend. We went crystal mining in Mt. Ida, Arkansas at Wegner Crystal Mines and I want to share our experience here so you'll be able to plan for your own crystal mining trip. A quick note - we took our kids and our dogs. I'll talk a little about how to make this a true…

There are apps out there for just about everything. But what about for rockhounding? Here is a list of what I've found to be the best apps for rock and mineral identification. These apps are great for geology students, enthusiasts and anyone else who loves collecting rocks and minerals and needs help identifying the specimens they find.

Don't think for a minute that rocks and minerals make for boring nature study. Learning to identify them can help your children see them for the spectacular specimens they are!