James Madison University

This site is intended to provide information about collecting rocks, minerals, and/or fossils in the state of Virginia.
The best ROCKHOUND site is A Virginia Rockhounder's Web Site (maintained by David and Debbie (Grainger) Lipscomb). The following are links to their site. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) also has some information related to Rockhounding and related topics. If you have suggestions or additional sites you would like to add, please email us or call us at 540-568-6130 and we will be sure to add your site to our lists.