The Oregon coast is known for all kinds of natural beauty. Seashells, however, are not one of them. But that doesn’t stop crowds from coming to the coast to search the sand for that one special ...

NEWPORT, Oregon — Oregon’s winter months offer a roller coast ride of sorts in the great outdoors, when wind and rain are often followed by stunning sunny days. We travelled to the rugged edge of ...

Designers say local materials reduce their environmental impact and are aesthetically pleasing, too. By Rachel Garrahan Gray-white billows swirl across the surface of an agate ring in Sian Evans’s new ...

A bucket of collected rocks from the White Fir Agate Beds. U.S. Forest service roads zigzag through the mountains and wooded landscapes of the Ochoco National Forest. Getting the full scope of the ...

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 ...

No one makes eye contact. They're too intent on the ground, searching for one of Central Minnesota's oldest buried treasures: Lake Superior agates. Butch Goldenstein figures he's found hundreds of ...

MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — Fall is hunting season in Minnesota, but folks walking near the Moose Lake Airport aren't looking for pheasants or deer — they're hunting for a gemstone. "There's a pretty nice one ...

In 1969, the Minnesota Legislature declared the Lake Superior agate to be the state's official gemstone. Moose Lake has dubbed itself the "agate capital of the world" and Agate Days are celebrated ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - Minnesota's state gemstone is the Lake Superior agate, and for years it has fascinated those young and old. In response to a viewer question from our kiosk at the Science Museum ...

Paesina stone comes from Tuscany in Italy, particularly from Florence. It is a silty limestone, formed during the Cretaceous period. The stone is marked by a 3D network of fine cracks. Groundwater ...

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 ...