Lake Superior agates: From find to finish For agate collectors, the search is a hunt for buried treasure. Fewer rocks and fewer places to search don't diminish the thrill.

Michigan's Great Lakes are full of incredible treasures, and in my opinion the Lake Superior Agate is one of the most beautiful things you can find in the state! Senate GOP Restores Medicaid Cuts to ...

And you can find Lake Superior agates in Minnesota, Wisconsin, down to Iowa, even Nebraska. You go to stores and you'll see agates like from Madagascar and they're fairly cheap because they're ...

The elusive Lake Superior agate. Rockhounds scour Lake Superior’s shoreline for these rare banded beauties—from the western reaches of the Keweenaw Peninsula to the U.P.’s easternmost ...

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 ...

What’s more peaceful than walking down the beach and looking for that perfect rock? For one woman in the Upper Peninsula’s village of Grand Marais, those rocks have a very special meaning ...

Claim to fame: Lake Superior agates are the oldest agates on earth, formed 1.2 billion years ago. The next oldest are the Montana moss agates, a mere 370 million years old. Photo by Todd Zawistowski ...

GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — Among the many pastimes popular in Minnesota is agate hunting -- scanning the shores of Lake Superior for the official state gemstone. Relatively easy to find in the summer ...

MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — On a cold, blustery day in April, Bel and I headed to the North Shore to meet up with a rock star named Taylor, or as he’s known on social media, “Agate Dad.” Taylor is ...

And you can find Lake Superior agates in Minnesota, Wisconsin, down to Iowa, even Nebraska. You go to stores and you'll see agates like from Madagascar and they're fairly cheap because they're ...

“When you’re an agate picker, you’re always looking down,” Caruso said Oct. 13. “It’s the most irritating thing in the entire world for your friends when you go on a walk.