Alva Agate Beds

Agates

Banded chalcedony prized for their colors and patterns. Lake Superior agates, Fairburn agates, and Montana moss agates are especially famous.

Also found at:

• Piedmont Gem Panning
• Black Warrior River Sites
• Quartzsite Gem Show

Chalcedony

Microcrystalline quartz found in many varieties including agate, jasper, and petrified wood. Widespread throughout the US in volcanic and sedimentary rocks.

Also found at:

• Black Warrior River Sites
• Saddle Mountain
• Opal Basin

Chert

Also found at:

• Mount Vernon Rockhounding Area
• Bell Creek
• Holly Springs National Forest

Jasper

Opaque, fine-grained chalcedony prized for its rich earthy colors and patterns. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alabama produce exceptional jasper varieties.

Also found at:

• Black Warrior River Sites
• Lyman Orchards Gem Mining
• Pepper Creek

Sunrise Minerals Area

Apache, Oklahoma · Public Land

Western Oklahoma area known for agate, barite rosettes, and hourglass selenite. Good beginner rockhounding on public lands.

Hourglass Selenite Beds

Cleveland County, Oklahoma · Public Land

Unique hourglass selenite crystals found in central Oklahoma. The distinctive 'hourglass' inclusion pattern is unique to this area.

Lawton Area Agates

Lawton, Oklahoma · Public Land

Southwest Oklahoma gravel pits and creek beds producing agate and petrified wood specimens.

Oklahoma Rose Rock Beds

Noble, Oklahoma · Public Land

Collect rose rocks (barite crystal clusters) — Oklahoma's state gem. Found in the Garber area. Beautiful sand-colored rosette formations.

Great Salt Plains (Salt Plains NWR Crystal Digging)

Jet, Oklahoma · federal

The best-known rockhounding site in Oklahoma. 11,200 acre salt flat where you can dig for hourglass selenite crystals — the official state crystal. Se...

Beaver's Bend Mining Company

Hochatown, Oklahoma · Fee Dig

Family-friendly commercial gem mining attraction near Broken Bow Lake. Kids can pan for gemstones, fossils, and arrowheads, dig for dinosaur fossils a...