Rock,mineral and fossil collecting in the Washington State area
The Washington Agate and Mineral Society (WAMS) is located in Olympia Washington. If you live in the area and would like to join us or just drop by click the About us link to find out more information.
We hope to make this a good site for information on rock,mineral and fossil collecting as well as lapidary information for those around the Washington State area. Any input would be greatly appreciated so please feel free to email us with suggestions.
This is our new site. It is still under construction so if you can not find the information you need please check out the old site here. The new site is done in wordpress and has many new features that should make it easier to maintain. It will also have features like interactive google maps and RSS feeds.
This article explains why the lustrous bands in the tiger’s eye gemstone occur.
Here is an interesting article on the origin of the famous hope diamond.
