Welcome to A Virginia Rockhounder's Web Site
A Virginia Rockhounder's Web Site
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This is the Web Site of Debbie and David some Virginia Rockhounder's near Wintergreen Nature Foundation in Nelson county, Virginia. We enjoy all the treasures of this earth and especially love to work with the mineral related treasures. This site is our way to share with others some of our collected treasures and to provide some information for others on rockhounding activities.


  1. Rockhound Info.
  2. Va. Fossil Location Info.
  3. Rock Classifying Links
  4. Specimens from our collection
  5. Cedar Mt. Stone Quarry
  6. Non rock related Virginia links
  7. VA Rock Gardens
  8. Customers Review Pages

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Revised: March, 2011
©1997-2011
www.VaRockhound.com 
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visit VA Rockhound Rock Shop brick & mortor location
VaRockShop Studio
rock, gem, mineral & jewelry
display & sales area
@ The Rockfish Valley Community Center - studio #13
190 Rockfish School Lane (Rt. 635 West)
Nellysford - Afton, Virginia
Hours listed below

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Directions to Va Rock Shop Studio in
                      Nelson Co., Virginia

Studio Shop at Rockfish Valley Community Center (room #13) in Nelson Co.

  Open by appointment
 Driving Directions and Info.

I have my display set up for viewing and purchasing. Items from Virginia and worldwide, mostly acquired from personal collecting or from older collections purchased from other rockhounders. Hand cut and polished stones and handmade jewelry.
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Updated websites for Virgina Gem and Mineral clubs:
Gem and Mineral Society of Lynchburg
Gem and Mineral Society of the Virginia Peninsula
Northern Virginia Mineral Club
Shenandoah Valley Gem and Mineral Society 



FOR SALE:
LARGE MUSEUM QUALITY MINERAL SPECIMENS FROM THE FAMOUS;
Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee



Division of Geology and Mineral Resources:

Geology & Mineral Resources

Customer Self-Care Workstations in CharlottesvilleCustomer Self-Service Workstations are now available in the Charlottesville office, offering customers easy access to the DMME Web Store to purchase and obtain publications and maps.
DGMR Data
Text-based search or Division of Geology and Mineral Resource's publications and datasets.
DMME Interactive Map
Search DMME databases for mines, minerals and energy information.



If you happen to be near one of these areas,
Harrisonburg 
check out the - JMU Mineral Museum
Blacksburg 
check out the - Museum of Geosciences
Richmond check out the - Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature
Charlottesville check out the - DGMR Educational Rock and Mineral Garden
Lovingston checkout the -  Keith Frye Memorial Rock Exhibit.
Martinsville checkout the -  Virginia Museum of Natural History
 


Past Issue's of Geosciences Magazine at Virginia Tech
 
For a video concerning the geology of Rockfish Gap, check out:
http://web.wm.edu/geology/virginia/google_earth/video/rfgap.mov
Back issues of Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Virginia Minerals publication are now online in .pdf format.  "Virginia Minerals" are a publication containing lots of articles on rockhounding in Virginia,  mineral resources and industries, geologic studies, road log descriptions of geologic features, mineral and fossil characteristics, topographic mapping and DMR activities.
   

"A Virginia Rockhounders Website"





 

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