Two women were moving rocks on a beach along the Yellowstone River the other day. “Did you lose something?” I asked. “No,” they replied. They were looking for agates. You may have seen agates in gift ...

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 ...

This agatized coral is more than just a rock it’s a window into Earth’s ancient past. Formed over 20 million years, the coral’s structure was slowly replaced with silica, creating dazzling agate ...

NEWPORT – Crews worked through high tide Wednesday afternoon to make the first cut in the dock that floated in from Japan earlier this summer. "Things are going very well," says Chris Havel, Oregon ...

Known for their integrated colors and patterns, collectors are often amazed at agates that wind up on Upper Peninsula lakeshores. Known for its diversity and beauty, an agate stone is a form of quartz ...