Rare Earth

Second find of the day, massive red #jasper, put it in the bag. Probably 15 pounds on this one, but my scale doesn't wanna say. This is why we can't weigh nice things! Sorry about the terrible photos. #rocks #rock #rockhounding #oregon #geology #silica #minerals #minerals #quartz #redjasper #creek #wolfcreek

I'm sure I've never mentioned how terrible my phone is, so I took this photo of yesterday's finds just to prove it. Here's the classic Molalla River cross section of nice red and yellow jasper, small agates and a single piece of petrified wood. Cheap red wine in a cool glass for scale. #rocks #agates #rockhounding #oregon #geology #silica #minerals #minerals #quartz #cryptocrystalline #red #orange #stones #rock #carnelian #crystals #petrifiedwood #molalla #river #jaspagate #jasper #redjasper (at Rock Hard PDX)

A happy New Year's hounding to you and yours. I think I have a new tradition of going to the Molalla River, cuz it never really disappoints, and the weather has been really nice the last couple years. I brought my mum along today and she did good! #rocks #agates #rockhounding #oregon #geology #silica #minerals #mineral #quartz #rockhound #chalcedony #rock #carnelian #rock #agate #molalla #river #jaspagate #jasper #redjasper (at East Glisan Pizza Lounge)

This chunk of red jasper from Wednesday looks like it was impacted by an agate meteorite, never seen this kind of formation in chalcedony before! #rocks #agate #jasper #rockhounding #Oregon #rock #minerals #mineral #chalcedony #silica #quartz #rockhound #geology #molalla #canby #redjasper #jaspagate

Red/yellow jasper and faintly banded agate I found a while back. The only prank here is that they are actually part of the driveway of the house I rent; cool that these 2 are right next to each other though, I was meant to live here I think. #rocks #agate #chalcedony #silica #geology #rockhounding #Oregon #rock #jasper #quartz #driveway #urbanrockhounding #aprilfools #redjasper (at Lents, Portland)

Another rock I've been lugging around is this jasper from the Molalla River. The color, texture and agate content is typical of material found in the area and is some of my fave stuff. Plenty to go around as well! Come with me sometime (summertime) #rocks #agate #chalcedony #silica #jasper #jaspagate #jasperagate #quartz #rockhounding #Oregon #geology #closeup #macro #loupe #mineral #minerals #molalla #canby #red #redjasper (at KING Burritos)