Rockhounding in new mexico

New Mexico offers a staggering array of rocks, gems and minerals which are easily accessible to you across the state! Here's where to go!

Need to get away for the weekend in southern New Mexico? Rockhound State Park in Deming may be just what you are looking for. Check out this guide for some weekend fun. A Weekend Guide Camping Th…

Pecos Valley Diamonds, also called Pecos Diamonds, have been collected by New Mexico rockhounds and mineral collectors for well over one hundred years.

I started to see glistening black rock everywhere I looked. I found myself standing in the middle of a rich deposit of obsidian.

New Mexico offers a staggering array of rocks, gems and minerals which are easily accessible to you across the state! Here's where to go!

Looking for mines and fossil sites in New Mexico? Take a rockhounding road trip through New Mexico. Find maps and information about the best sites to visit.

Crystal vs. Mineral Have you ever wondered what the difference between a crystal and a mineral is? Perhaps you thought that there was none at all. Well, that is where you’re wrong – there are

I've been at Rockhound State Park for a few days and I've heard there's all sorts of interesting rocks and minerals out there to be discovered, so I set out to find some thunder eggs. I have seen them in the museum in Deming, and at some of the rock shops around here. On the outside, they're round, with bumpy nodules, usually embedded in another rock. I hiked up the steep, rocky hill near the park and found what I thought was what I was looking for. They were really embedded in the rock, I…

Chalcedony and Jasper are two unique gemstones found in the Silver City area of Southwest New Mexico. Casitas de Gila Guesthouses is a great base for rockhounding!

Out adventure to the Dugway Geode Beds in Utah for some rockhounding, crystal finding, and fun. How to hunt and collect geodes, and how to break them open. Smoky quartz geodes in Utah.