In this edition of the Explore Oregon Podcast, Zach interviews expert agate hunter Eric Davis about how to best find the colorful stones on the Oregon Coast. Davis, the owner and operator of Oregon ...

Many folks go gaga for agates, semi-precious quartz stones often found on beaches, and wonder where to find them. An article on A-Z-Animals.com tells all about agate hunting in Oregon, with 21 ...

Mineral deposits can create markings that look like forests or mountains, and experts say each stone is distinctive. By Jill Newman When Tarun Adlakha displays a dendritic agate, with its finely ...

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 ...

I think I have always been enthralled with rocks, having the rock hammer my mother bought for me more than 60 years ago hanging on the "birdroom" wall of my backwater cabin. And, even though one would ...

DOUGLAS -- Chase Anderson can sometimes barely recall what he did yesterday, but ask him about his collection of agate, a popular gemstone, and he has a story about each and every one of them. The ...

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 ...