The crystal collector goes agate hunting on Lake superior! The agates in this region will leave you speechless. The formation of these agates has drawn people for decades and decades to this area of ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - Minnesota's state gemstone is the Lake Superior agate, and for years it has fascinated those young and old. In response to a viewer question from our kiosk at the Science Museum ...

The beaches at Grand Marais are excellent hunting grounds for the ancient Lake Superior agate, a semi-precious stone made up of concentric circles of microcrystaline quartz reddened by iron. Here’s ...

Known for their colors and patterns, collectors are often amazed at agates that turn up on Upper Peninsula lakeshores, with ...

No one makes eye contact. They're too intent on the ground, searching for one of Central Minnesota's oldest buried treasures: Lake Superior agates. Butch Goldenstein figures he's found hundreds of ...

What’s more peaceful than walking down the beach and looking for that perfect rock? For one woman in the Upper Peninsula’s village of Grand Marais, those rocks have a very special meaning, especially ...

Harley Alcala says he found the mother lode of Lake Superior agates right in Lake Superior. Alcala was kayaking near his home in Hovland on the North Shore when he spotted the basketball-size rock ...

Timing can be everything when it comes to finding Lake Superior agates. "It's like treasure hunting," says Butch Goldenstein of St. Cloud, an agate enthusiast who manned a table at the annual Agate ...

WRIGHT COUNTY, Minn. (KMSP) - A Wright County man is asking those who collect and sell rocks to be on the lookout after his unique collection of Lake Superior Agates worth tens of thousands of dollars ...

In 1969, the Minnesota Legislature declared the Lake Superior agate to be the state's official gemstone. Moose Lake has dubbed itself the "agate capital of the world" and Agate Days are celebrated ...

Selling the red, orange and yellow chunks of banded rock known as Lake Superior agate requires more than just owning a collection of the beautiful semi-precious gemstones. You also need to figure out ...

WRIGHT COUNTY, Minn. (KMSP) - A Wright County man is asking those who collect and sell rocks to be on the lookout after his unique collection of Lake Superior Agates worth tens of thousands of dollars ...