Rockhounding in Texas – What Rocks You Can Find and Where

Between 9500 BC and 1874 AD, Indians called the Alibates Flint Quarries their home. The Clovis Mammoth Hunters are the first known group to use the Alibates flint. These hunters used the flint in their tools and weapons. The Early Prehistoric Indians used the flint in their weapons as well, incorporating small amounts into their arrow tips. Over a period Read more...

The Houston Museum of Natural Science is hosting a Life In Stone exhibition through March, featuring over seventy of Gerd Dreher’s masterpieces. This exhibit showcases marvelous carvings of animals from crystals of ruby, sapphire, citrine, amethyst, aquamarine, topaz, garnet, jasper, and agate. The Tourmaline Treasures exhibit is now open, offering a unique experience to view multiple famous tourmalines in the Read more...

In 2006, a merger between the Dallas Children’s Museum, The Science Place and the Dallas Museum of Natural History created the Museum of Nature and Science. A large donation from the Perot family allowed construction to begin in late 2009 at the Victory Park site. In honor of the family the museum was then named the Perot Museum of Nature Read more...