California State Parks, which manages more than 340 miles of California’s coastline, is asking the public not to collect any ...

“I take strong exception to rockhounding being under review for possible classification as a crime,” she said. “It’s a wonderful hobby, and I’m all for it.” California has enacted the ...

President Obama’s proclamation of a new national monument he designated in California’s Mojave Desert has rockhounds worried they are no longer welcome on public lands with a reputation for ...

I was riding shotgun in Mike Kennedy’s Jeep Grand Cherokee, caravanning east on the 78 toward the Salton Sea with a convoy of fellow rockhounds. I had just met Mike back in the parking lot of ...

Traveling from Denio to Ely, and from Austin to Verdi, to on a rockhounding adventure ... just outside of the community of Verdi on the California/Nevada border. Crystal Peak is a former quartz ...

Why not try a little rockhounding in Nevada? Using Reno as a home base, you can get outdoors to a variety of locations and experience some the geological wonders the desert has to offer.