r/rockhounds

108K archived posts · Nov 2009 – Sep 2026

Rockhounding and rock collecting

r/rockhounds

A public subreddit for the discussion of rock hunting and rock collecting. If you are looking for an identification for your rocks please visit /r/whatsthisrock instead.

Created Nov 1, 2009

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108KArchived posts

A public subreddit for the discussion of rock hunting, rock collecting, crystals and mineralogy, geology, lapidary arts and rocks in general. Topics include outings and trips, polishing, tumbling, cabochons, slabs and specimens. Feel free to ask a question or post a picture.

NO OFFERS TO BUY OR SELL in posts or comments, NO SELF-PROMOTION for commercial projects, or personal blogs, Instagram or Tumblr accounts, other social media, personal websites, YouTube channels, etc. PLEASE REPORT SUCH POSTS if you see them.

NO METAPHYSICAL DISCUSSIONS - No posts or comments about the magical healing powers of crystals, etc. Some minerals are used in the production of legitimate medicines, but that is science and not magic.

PHOTOS POSTED HERE SHOULD BE YOUR OWN ORIGINAL CONTENT - your own photos of specimens from your own collection, or ones you've taken on location.

PLEASE DON'T MAKE MULTIPLE POSTS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. There is a limit of 2 new posts per person in any given 24-hour period.

IF YOU ARE POSTING FROM A NEW OR LOW-KARMA ACCOUNT your posts won't show up until they have been manually approved by a moderator - which could take as long as 12 hours, or sometimes up to 24. Please be patient and don't make the same post over and over, because that won't help the situation.

Related subreddits:

r/Rocks
/r/GeologyCareers
/r/Geology
/r/Geoscience
/r/WhatsThisRock
/r/Prospecting
/r/Lapidary
/r/Mining
/r/Jewelry
/r/Jewelers
/r/BenchJewelers
/r/Fossilid
r/FossilHunting
/r/RockhoundExchange
/r/RockHunters
/r/AskScience
/r/MineralPorn
/r/MineralCollectors
/r/FluorescentMinerals
r/Radioactive_Rocks
/r/CollectionHauls
/r/CustomFacetedGems
r/UtahMinerals
r/Keweenawrockhounds
r/RockTumbling
r/rocktrading
r/electroforming
/r/QueakySnartz
r/rotarylapidary (lapidary work using rotary tools)
r/stonecarving (hand tools & power tools)
r/stones

If you want to learn more about rock tumbling, check here at the Rock Tumbling Hobby Forums.

Created: Long ago. Sputtered into life on 2-8-11. :D

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