ROCKHUNTER NORTHWEST

Olympic Orbicular "Poppy" Jasper No, I haven't vanished off the face of the earth. Attentive readers may notice that I hav...

Jasper Patterns, Owyhee country OK, OK, I've been pushing the Owyhee jasper a lot lately on this blog. The truth is, that's ab...

Exterior : Raw and Colorless Interior : A  Hidden World of Blue Most of the well-known Owyhee jaspers come out of named sites, wit...

Jasper, First Creek There is a well-known location for agate and geodes in First Creek canyon, on the Blewitt Pass highway north of Elle...

Fossil leaves/needles, Owyhee country Sometimes, when I am in serious rock-collecting mode, I am picking things up on a whim - a flash o...

Owyhee Jaspers revealed One great advantage of a rock saw is that you can non-destructively look inside a weathered rock whose outward a...

Owyhee Jasper For years now, I have been in love with the stunning variety of colors and patterns that jasper can take on. And when you ...