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Take a picture tour of 13 counties in the bountiful Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, the crown jewel of the southeastern U.S. See beautiful pictures of the rock collecting sites & the gems and minerals recovered at each location. (CLICK COUNTY LINKS ON LEFT)   Mike Streeter Lapidary Cabochons made from world wide rocks and minerals   Streeter Jewelry Wirewraps by Chrissy & Silver & Copper Smithing by Mike Read field trip reports with pictures from across the United States and around the world. CLICK HERE FOR FIELD TRIP REPORTS Permission to collect is not meant to be implied for any location shown on McRocks. You should make yourself aware of current collecting policies before visiting any site. YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION TO ACCESS ANY SITE LOCATED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. PLEASE GET PERMISSION BEFORE YOU ENTER AND DIG!   Pictures of all North Carolina rocks and minerals shown on this web site may be quickly found by using the Rocks & Minerals Index Page. CLICK HERE FOR ROCKS & MINERALS INDEX   Rockhound Resources How To guides and resources for rockhounding & lapidary by knowledgeable authors! CLICK HERE FOR HOW TO & ROCKHOUND RESOURCES   CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ABOUT MIKE'S ARTICLES IN ROCK & GEM MAGAZINE

A Rockhounding Guide to North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains By Michael Streeter NC Professional Geologist, Photographer & Rockhound April 1, 2003 CLICK ON FRONT OR BACK COVER ABOVE TO ENLARGE Click on Mini-Mike below for more information

A Rockhounding Field Trip's Countless Blessings By Mike Streeter May 25, 2006 A rockhounding field trip involves much more than collecting rocks and minerals. For my wife Chrissy and me, finding a specimen worth keeping is just a bonus to any day spent in the field with like-minded rockhounds. Many of our best friends were met on rockhounding excursions and getting together with them to swap stories, jokes and life events is far more valuable to us than any rock could ever be. While finding a decent specimen is never a certainty, laughter and good will are usually guaranteed. Beyond the friendship and camaraderie, the simple act of spending time in the great outdoors has its own unique rewards. Hiking a forest trail and enjoying a spring explosion of wildflowers or coming upon a mother deer with fawns can almost make us forget about the collecting location that we had started out to find. And as if all this wasn't enough, there still exists the chance to uncover a breathtaking rock or mineral. Even at locations where we have collected many times, we never know when we will turn over just the right rock to uncover the gem of a lifetime. But even when this doesn't happen, we are able to enjoy the countless other blessings that come with a day spent rockhounding with friends.

In Loving Memory of Opal 2000 - 2013 Click on above picture to view the Life and Times of Opal Streeter

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