The 'Muscadines of Oglethorpe have a prominent place in the Tellus Science Museum. A cluster of nearly 250 amethyst crystals dug from deep in the soil of Oglethorpe County is a centerpiece for the ...

Join the Fossil Hunters as they step into the world of rockhounding at Jackson's Crossroads, one of the most famous amethyst crystal sites in the U.S. With picks in hand and eyes on the prize, they ...

Amethyst crystals from Wilkes County, Georgia. It’s unlikely you’ve run afoul of Marvin Culver, who retired last year from the trooper force of the Oklahoma State Police. Around his hometown of Nowata ...

Moonstones in Montana, amethyst and emeralds in North Carolina, garnet and quartz in upstate New York. At pay-to-dig mines around the United States, visitors can paw through piles of mine tailings to ...