![]() This article will dive deeper into the many great rockhounding sites across the state (along with maps), but I’d like to highlight a few standouts here. Kyanite mines near Willis Mountain are also very popular rockhounding destinations. The best places to rockhound in Virginia are old mines and the gravels of rivers and streams near heavily mineralized areas in the central and western parts of the state, particularly near the towns of Laurel Fork and Stuart. ![]() In general, there are far too many old mines and prospects scattered across the state for me to list in their entirety in this article, but there are more than enough locations listed here to point you in the right direction and keep you busy for quite some time. Still, there is no shortage of locations to search for collectible rocks like petrified wood and kyanite. The mineral rich pegmatites and metamorphic rock found in the central and western parts of the state have long been popular with collectors for their high-quality specimens of minerals like epidote, unakite, amethyst, and amazonite.Įastern Virginia is primarily made up of younger, sedimentary rocks and is more known for its fossil collecting than its rocks and minerals. ![]() Virginia owes most of its rockhounding prowess to the Appalachian Mountains. The varied topography and complicated geology of the state makes for a wide variety of interesting rocks and minerals to be collected and no shortage of places to find them. If you’re in Viginia and looking to do some rockhounding, you will be delighted to learn that it is a fantastic state for rock and mineral collecting. ![]()
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