In a full day's search on the last day of March, Mike Jacobs of Monticello and I found 121 agates. That seemed a lot to an amateur like me, whose agate hunting has been largely confined to looking ...

Display your favorite set of agate slices with this DIY framed wall art idea. With a few matted frames, gel epoxy and your collection of rocks, you can have your own impressive display within minutes.

Tom Woodden likes to compare hunting for Fairburn agates to trout fishing. “It’s like reeling in that big one,” said Woodden, who is known to have one of the world’s largest Fairburn agate collections ...

Two women were moving rocks on a beach along the Yellowstone River the other day. “Did you lose something?” I asked. “No,” they replied. They were looking for agates. You may have seen agates in gift ...

Hunting for Lake Superior agates along the St. Croix River. Eric Benson has been hunting for Lake Superior agates along the St. Croix River for the past seven years. The avid angler searches for the ...

Known for their colors and patterns, collectors are often amazed at agates that turn up on Upper Peninsula lakeshores, with some known to be up to 20 pounds, according to the Michigan Department of ...

The geochemistry of agate and chalcedony in volcanic rocks represents an intricate record of silica precipitation and crystallisation processes occurring under variable thermal and chemical conditions ...

Selling the red, orange and yellow chunks of banded rock known as Lake Superior agate requires more than just owning a collection of the beautiful semi-precious gemstones. You also need to figure out ...

A driveway with a trailer full of agates. Recycling bins full of agates. A license plate that reads “MRAGATE.” Agates when you walk through the front door. And an agate that just came in the mail. For ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...