ROCKHUNTER NORTHWEST

Brecciated Jasper I'm still poring over the 100 lbs of stones I brought back from California last week (the back of my car riding ve...

San Simeon Jaspers - Naturally tumbled I do a lot of beach-walking around the Northwest where I live, and often find intriguing and wort...

Beach agate, West Seattle It's been a while since I was out on the beaches near home - blame it on cold weather and too many buckets...

Mysterious Rock, Puget Sound I have not posted for quite sometime, not having had much time - or weather - for rockhounding. But every...

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...