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Rockhound Ridge Gem Mine is a family run business in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina. Owners Matt & Cara Tari along with their daughter Samantha specialize in gems and minerals from all over the world. ​​      Our Gem mining sluice and store are OPEN ! Our hours are: Monday thru Saturday 9AM to 6PM, and Sunday 10AM to 5PM. Read more...

Pay to dig mining site for Aquamarine, Beryl, Rose Quartz, and Tourmaline. Located in LaGrange Ga, See website for event dates.   Public Digs $35 per adult (17 and over) Kids 16 and under dig free with at least one paying adult Private Digs $35 per adult (17 and over) plus $100 guide fee Kids 16 and under dig free Read more...

We are an OUTDOOR activity, so we comply with Social Distancing! Call 479-243-0771 for more information. CRYSTAL MINE IS OPEN approx. March 1- November 1 each year!  INCLUDING HOLIDAYS! DAYS OPEN:  Sun, Mon, Thur, Fri, Sat.  CLOSED: Tue & Wed. MINE HOURS:  9 am to 3 pm,  including holidays! YOU MUST MAKE A RESERVATION!  (no drive-ins) Click “RESERVE NOW“ button above! SELECT your RESERVATION TIME:  Read more...

Crystal Ridge Mine. Mount Ida, AR We are private for the time being, but please follow our journey as we uncover the beauty Mother Earth has in store for us! Read more...

Howdy Folks . . . AVATAR CRYSTAL MINE OPENING Fri Mar 5th at 9 am. We will be open every Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon from 9am to 4 pm When the weather is clear and bright, the Crystals glisten on top of the ground. When the weather is stormy, the rain washes away a little dirt, exposing even more Read more...

PUBLIC QUARTZ CRYSTAL DIG   Our public quartz crystal dig at the Ocus Stanley Claim on Fisher Mountain. The Ocus Stanley Claim, which has been in operation since 1946, is the oldest public dig in the state of Arkansas. Weather permitting, the public dig is open six days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on Mondays. Mining Read more...

Dixie Crystal Mining Co. have a guest mine now open to the public. Twin Creek Mine in Mt. Ida, Arkansas. We have a wall to dig in or simply sift through our rich blast off piles…. Open every day but Christmas 8AM-4 PM Adults $25,10 n under $12. Parking at the pit, shady picnic tables , and lots of AMAZING Read more...

Sweet Surrender Crystal mine is located in the beautiful Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas just north of Mt. Ida.  This area and these mountains are known for being the QUARTZ CRYSTAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.  Here is an opportunity for you to find nice crystals in an operational commercial mining operation. This is a primitive area with no facilities or services (however, Read more...

The Ouachita National Forest covers 1.8 million acres in central Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. Headquartered in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the forest is managed for multiple uses, including timber and wood production, watershed protection and improvement, habitat for wildlife and fish species (including threatened and endangered ones), wilderness area management, minerals leasing, and outdoor recreation.  Enjoy camping, hiking, biking, scenic driving, Read more...

Welcome to the Matilda & Karl Pfeiffer Museum & Study Center. The Pfeiffer Foundation provides educational and cultural opportunities featuring an historical home and gardens, native botanical gardens, a world-class mineral collection, and a Native American artifact collection.   Mineral Collection More than 1400 mineral specimens and geodes were collected by Mrs. Matilda Pfeiffer from 1960 until 1988. The collection Read more...

The Museum of Discovery is Arkansas’s premier science and technology center, and our mission to ignite and fuel a passion for science, technology, engineering, arts and math through dynamic, interactive experiences. Our museum is the oldest in the state of Arkansas, founded in 1927. We became the Museum of Discovery in 1998 when we moved to our River Market location. Read more...

Features three decades of history, covering the 20s-50s.The most valuable exhibit is a more than $20,000 evening gown made of woven aluminum thread. Designed by Jean Desses of Paris, it is one of only two such garments in existence. Community section includes pictures, pen and inks of old landmarks; everyday items; mining section contains historic photos, various tools, hats and Read more...

Arkansas Geological Commission Geology Learning Center gives students of earth science of all ages direct exposure to rocks, minerals, fossils and fossil fuels; allows visitors to watch the geologists on hand work with these articles; tours are free but must be arranged through the Commission. Read more...

Retail store for mineral specimens, crystals fossils, cutting materials, lapidary and jewelers equipment and supplies at including these brands;                Lortone                Covington                Barranca Diamond                Diamond Pacific                Ameritool                Inland Lapidary                Crystalite                Eastwind                Gyroc                Graves Read more...

Hi this is Janis and Jeremy Smith operators of the Lucky Strike mines of which there is Lucky Strike mine and Valley View mine . We are a thunder egg mine that has been open to the public for over 55 years.The owner of the mine is my mother Cindy Kopcinski she runs a Museum and Rock shop located of Read more...

At the core of it all are the thundereggs from our famous Priday Agate Beds. Though we can no longer offer digging your own thundereggs, we of course continue to carry freshly dug thundereggs from the South Blue Bed, Red Bed, Pony Butte, Opal and Priday Moss and Old Beds 1 and 2. In our rock shop you will find Read more...

OPEN DAILY! MAY 15th – November 1st,9am – 5pm Spectrum Sunstone Mine, located near Plush, OR, in Lake County Oregon, is an  Oregon sunstone mine open to the public for mining Oregon  Sunstone. Visit Spectrum Mine and dig for Oregon sunstone gems from a  designated pile of fresh unprocessed ore for free all day and keep what  you find (mine personnel must Read more...

We are a nonprofit club that encourages legal hunting, collecting, and sharing of our finds of Kentucky agates, fossils, minerals, and the beautiful things that can be made from them. Read more...

We are a group of hobbyists and professionals that have come together to share our love of rocks, gems, minerals, fossils, jewelry, and specimen collection. We have monthly meetings with an educational program, rock auction, door prizes, raffles and a business meeting. Currently our meetings are at the Tates Creek Public Library on Tates Creek Road or at the Beaumont Read more...

We are a non-profit educational organization, which was founded in 1961, to promote the interests of geology, minerals, fossils, and lapidary arts in Kentucky and Southern Indiana.     Read more...