KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- Stepping into Rockhound Rock Shop, visitors are transported to another world. There’s a seemingly never-ending cascade of rooms in the Galesburg shop, each with a different ...

Scientists recently unveiled the nation's newest "oldest known" rock — discovered in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin all feature ancient rocks known as gneisses — ...

For anyone into wire wrappings, geode cracking, or just likes looking at pretty rocks, the 46th annual Gem and Mineral Show is returning to West Michigan. Hosted by the Indian Mounds Rock & Mineral ...

Most people do their rock hunting during the day, but you can't find "Yooperlites" until the sun goes down. Yooperlites are rocks that fluoresce in the dark under ultraviolet light. They became known ...

Rock hunting in Northern Michigan is some of the best in the world. Learn the top spots to find four incredible stones along with some tips on how to spend your time before or after rock hunting. Dive ...

Erik Rintamaki, 43, of Brimley, considers himself an amateur rock hound who's been on a wild ride, all because of some beautiful fluorescent specimens. Rintamaki said he was out on a Lake Superior ...

Erik Rintamaki was searching for rocks on a Michigan beach last summer when he made what he calls a "mind blowing" discovery. Resting among the thousands of pebbles covering the Lake Superior beach, ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Michigan is fossil rich — and northern Michigan beaches and farmers’ fields are prime hunting grounds, says Joseph “PaleoJoe” Kchodl. The Midland-based fossil expert, dinosaur hunter, ...

During the day, Michigan’s beaches are just like any other beach in the world. As a cool-warm breeze sweeps the waves, rocks from the seawater are abandoned on the shore where a visitor pays interest ...

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN) Erik Rintamaki has been a self-proclaimed “rock hound” his whole life. Last year, he decided to hit the beach near his Michigan home at night with a UV light and came ...

(Photo: Stibnite, an ore mineral of the critical commodity antimony, by Niki Wintzer, U.S. Geological Survey) KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Pentagon is quietly racing to track the U.S. output of rare earth ...