Wegner taught us a little Arkansas Quartz 101 (first, wear old clothes to dig; the red clay stains). He explained that most of the quartz, which was deposited by extremely hot water some 300 million ...

JET, Okla. — Grab some sunscreen, shovels and water... it's time to dig for crystals! The Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Jet, Okla. opens for crystal-digging season April 1 - Oct. 15.

A tourist recently uncovered a 7.46-carat diamond in an Arkansas state park, but it turns out there are plenty of other places where travellers can unearth these hidden gems. Last week, a Parisian ...

Get your buckets and shovels ready! Starting Friday April 1, visitors to Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Oklahoma can dig for crystals in the refuge's 13,000-acre salt flat.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. JET, Okla. – A popular Oklahoma tourist ...

A photo of a $3.5 million chunk of quartz resurfaced on the Reddit home page Sunday, about two years after it was discovered in an Arkansas mine. The image shows a man posing with an 8-foot block of ...

As I topped the gypsum hill, I saw a frozen lake in the distance covered with trucks, SUVs and shanties, and people huddled around holes - a scene straight out of a Minnesota winter. But this was not ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) – Oklahomans ...

The 'Muscadines of Oglethorpe have a prominent place in the Tellus Science Museum. A cluster of nearly 250 amethyst crystals dug from deep in the soil of Oglethorpe County is a centerpiece for the ...

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