As it pushed its rail line through the the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, a deposit of beautiful, translucent apple-green gemstone material was unearthed in the Feather River canyon. The new material resembled jade, but confirmation of the new mystery rock was needed.

Pulga, a small town that sits on the western slope of the Feather River Canyon, is another prime location for crystal hunting and rockhounding. The Pulga edge of the canyon is a great place to find Pulga Jade. In certain spots in the canyon, you …

Trips have included collecting jade, jasper, petrified wood, gold panning, wonderstone, and much more! Places include California, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona and Nevada. The sites listed below are ones that we have visited in the last few years. Please check the “Club Events” calendar to see the specific field trips scheduled this year.

2023年8月20日 · One famous place to go for jade in California is Jade Cove, an area of Big Sur that contains the only concentrated underwater deposit of quality nephrite jade in the world. TIP: Jade can occur in a surprisingly significant number of colors, not only green.

2012年7月15日 · Mike Burkleo with a Feather River California jade boulder, which weighs about 2 tons. This boulder is one of the many pieces of jade set to sell July 12-13 in Fairfield, California. (All photos courtesy of Mike and Joan Burkleo)

A populated place along the North Fork Feather River. This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region. 3 valid minerals. Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information! Committee, FM Locality Index, Kampf, Anthony R. (1989) California Locality Index.

2013年2月4日 · Dendritic Nephrite from the Feather River and Howard Boots Ghost Nephrite from Nevada. Top half is Chatoyant Actinolite, middle is Nephrite, and the bottom is Magnetite.

For this reason, it has also been given the names "Feather River Jade", "Happy Camp Jade", "Pulga Jade" and "Vesuvianite Jade". Australian Jade: (also called "Jadine") is actually Chrysoprase, a variety of natural green microcrystaline Quartz called "Chalcedony" that contains small quantities of nickel. Its color is normally a semi-opaque apple ...

Slabs and rough rock, agates, jaspers, obsidian, and Jade. Lots to choose from.

California jade is also called jadeite, nephrite or botryoidal jade and is rare. It is most often found in riverbeds and outcroppings of older stone formations in the state of California. This jade is often very deep in color if it is not black.