Longmont Rockhounding Club

November will be here in just a few minutes it seems.

This time, we will be at the Elks Club located at 306 Coffman Drive in Longmont. We will be just at the bottom of the stairs in the room adjacent to the ball room. Its not pretty to look at, but it is already set in motion.

We will be talking ...

https://rockhoundresource.com/

Learn where to find, identify, tumble and polish your rocks

https://www.mindat.org/
"the world's most comprehensive mineral database and mineralogical reference website"

This site helps you to learn about minerals how they form and how to identify them.

https://rockd.org/

This is a mobile ap which will bring up the geologic history of whatever spot your in.

Steps to identify a rock or mineral

Do not use online apps. They rely on shape, color and light and can easily misidentify a rock or mineral.

After cleaning, give it a thorough inspection and take note of the following:

Color, uniformity and mix
Grain size- is it fine medium or coarse ...

Hello, I am the founder of Longmont Rockhounding club.

I am olderly with a house, wife and two kids. One still lives at home.
I love to go camping, play music, fly fish, cook, and love to have a beer now and then. When Im at home I spend most of my time in research, a lot of YouTube and computer ...

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Welcome! We'd love your input. Hopefully you can attend the meeting next Monday?

Grab a cup of your favorite liquid and have a seat. this is a long read. Please have both of the attachments open while you read through.

So, I use OnX . I pay for it and have added the map for Wyoming. There is an elite version which adds more camping places and 4 wheel drive trails which can get ...

this is a basic explanation of how this works.

So, say you want to post something, maybe ask a question or something like that-
Hit the "New Topic" button, give it a brief title in the subject box, then in the main window you can write your message. Then hit submit. Its that simple.

Here are some ...