The Rockhound Logbook
These are not marketing stories. They are field notes, shop logs, and road dispatches from two rockhounds who cut what they find and find what they cut. Every stone on this site has a story. This is where we keep them.
The Shop Lore
Stories from the bench, the road, and the dig sites that built Rockhound Studio.
- The Richardson Strike — The Oregon thunderegg ranch that started the labradorite obsession.
- The Frankenstein Lapidary Line — How a Gold's Gym weight and a salvaged motor became our saw.
- The Spencer Opal Mine & Sox the Manx — A rescue cat, a fire opal mine, and a very long drive.
- The Chert Road Detour & Yakima River Jasper — How a wrong turn became our home hunting ground.
- The Shift Change & The 3D Marquise — The cut that changed how we think about shape.
- The Chipper Lore — A wood pile, a baby squirrel, and eight generations in the backyard.
The Rockhound Logbook
Field dispatches, stone histories, and the full archive of our finds.