Hi Everyone, Check out our newest category, Rock Hounding Resources! This is a place to share anything you use to help rockhound, learn, or share info about rocks! Examples of things you can share: - YouTube channels like Elley Knows Rocks - Geology websites like geology.in - Reddit forums like r/whatisthisrock - Your own personal website! - Your favorite or your own crystal shop website! Thanks to one of our new members @Scott Drynan mentioning his use of YouTube to find cool rockhounding spots in his area, I realized we didnt have a place to share resources like this in the community. I encourage everyone to jump in and start sharing. Thats what this community is all about!

As an adult this was the first piece I actually dug up and found, instead of just a happenstance walk by. My dad lives in Kansas in a 1920 farm house. Out by the old water pump was the top of a crystal just poking through the dirt. Curious, I dug until I pulled out a huge slab. It split naturally and it was perfect for my sister and I to share.

Hello fellow Rockheads 🪨🙂, If you love rocks in any capacity, this is your new community. We’re here to share anything and everything rocks, because rocks are awesome. Write a brief intro about yourself and how long you’ve had an interest, your collection, and anything else you want people to know. ROCKS ROCK! Here’s a template to help you get started: Hi my name is ____ and I love rocks. Ive been looking at/collecting for ____. I have (number of rocks in your possession at the moment). My favorite thing(s) about rocks is ____. I’ll start: Hi my name is Paul and I love rocks. I’ve been picking up and looking at them for as long as I can remember. I probably have thousands (I’ve never done a full count) between my childhood home and my current apartment in Brooklyn, NY. My favorite thing about rocks is no matter how mundane, each and every one has a fascinating story of churning through millions upon millions of years of earth movement and depositing. You pick up a rock and you’re often holding something that was around at the time of the dinosaurs. Also they are stunningly beautiful and endlessly unique. No two are exactly the same and I absolutely love that.