Wear jeans and bring along a small pickax. Expect crowds, but don’t worry — crystal enthusiasts tend to be a genial, family-friendly lot. By Malia Wollan “If you’re looking for crystals, Arkansas is ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Happiness can, of course, come in many forms. For a rockhound — and I know this well, being one — it’s all but guaranteed by time ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHEROKEE, Okla. (KFOR) — Crystal digging ...

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 ...

Rocks have always held top priority among my three favorite things. The others are sea shells and driftwood. Not diamonds nor rare gems. Just patterns of the earth. The interest, perhaps, could be ...