I went to a ranger class to learn about rock hounding and ever since then I have wanted to go do it!
You can not rock hound in a National Park because you have to keep all of those natural things in the National Park for everyone to enjoy.
I went to an opal mine. Opals can look really pretty once they have been cut into a shape and shined up. But they do not look like this automatically.
I have my own hammer now and I use it when I rock hound. I am allowed to use it because I know how to be careful.
Rock hounding is fun. I put water on the rocks to find out their true colors.
I love rock hounding.