Currently Rockhounding

Welcome to the best and most comprehensive resource for everything rockhounding related!

This website is a companion to the Currently Rockhounding YouTube channel. Here you can find my videos and rockhounding locations in a very easy to navigate format. The listings are very frequently updated so check back often to see if a listing has had additional information added.

New location listings, articles, trip reports, and resources are being added all the time!

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With the nice weather we're currently having out here in NE Washington I got to spend some real time in the shop working so I polished up some thundereggs, worked some owyhee jasper and made some agate guitar picks.

I have been pretty happy with the progress I have made taking photos with my microscope in the past few months and as I learn more about different techniques to use in my post processing of images I think the quality has really improved. This image of strengite from Arkansas came out pretty good I think.

Here are the latest episodes Previously Rockhounding Podcast but if you want the full experience check out the main podcast page!

Episode 17: October 1979 – Previously Rockhounding

October 1979 promises articles on some very intriguing topics such as "Government and the Rockhound: Closing off the Backcountry" and "Are Fire Agates Really Opal?". Will the articles live up to the promise of their titles? We also read about rock-related projects we probably won't be attempting any time soon like "Rock Flower Pictures" and "Gem-set Driftwood". As always, this issue contains plenty of interesting ads and even an article with genuinely good advice. Check out currentlyrockhounding.com/podcast to see this issue's cover art and more!