MOUNT IDA — In and around Mount Ida, the identity of the official Arkansas State Mineral can be guessed just by looking around. In fact (pun alert!), the laureate is crystal-clear from billboards and ...

JESSIEVILLE -- Ron Coleman Mining, located at 211 Crystal Ridge Lane, will host its 12th annual Family Fun Day on Saturday.

Excited screams filled the air as two of my sons jumped from the platform and plunged downward into the mine below. Within minutes, they dropped several hundred feet and had traveled over a half-mile ...

The Arkansas quartz crystals, especially the large clusters, depending on their size, clarity, complexity and condition, can be quite valuable. So it’s not surprising there are numerous commercial ...

When I thought of quartz crystal in Arkansas — if I thought of quartz crystal in Arkansas — I thought of the rock shops that used to line the highway into Hot Springs, the ones with the big blue glass ...

MOUNT IDA -- Yes, there is an official Arkansas State Mineral. As voted by the General Assembly back in 1967, it's the quartz crystal. That designation may sound somewhat less dazzling than the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A Shreveport teen got the find of her life at the Ron Coleman Mine last weekend. Emma Michels, 16, was with her family at the mine near Hot Springs on Saturday. She said she had been ...

MOUNT IDA, Ark. (KTHV) - On the side of a mountain near Mt. Ida, Thomas Hankins digs for crystals. "The redder the dirt, the better your chances are at finding something clear and more crystally," ...

Police in Western North Carolina are on the hunt for a large quartz crystal cluster they say was stolen from a gem mine. The gem is believed to have been stolen from the Elijah Mountain Gem Mine in ...

MOUNT IDA, Ark. — On a lonely road near Mount Ida, people from around the globe come to play in the dirt. “It’s something I have wanted to do for many, many years, and finally had the opportunity to ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Happiness can, of course, come in many forms. For a rockhound — and I know this well, being one — it’s all but guaranteed by time ...