Maybe you have to be a GEEK to be a rock hound. That's okay.

Rock hounds love geology and spend time looking for some of the most interesting creations that Mother Earth has to offer.

You might just walk over rocks and think... Well, it's rock. So, what?

If you know what you're looking at, you can understand the story behind what created the hills, valleys, and mountains around you.

The Wyoming Stone Ranger is a YouTube channel for those who love to GEEK out over geology.

In the video below he takes us on a walk and shows us what to look for underfoot.

Wyoming Stone Ranger is back out at his favorite honey hole for the beauty-banded Iron.

Also known as Genesis Stone, some of the oldest Rocks in North America two billion years old.

He also ran into a herd of Bighorn Sheep moving down the road.

Come and join the Ranger as a heads out into the Wyoming wilderness to hunt for rocks.

It was a super hot day out there.

If you ever hunt high Prairies and planes of Wyoming, make sure you take plenty of water because that has sun is close and it is scorching don’t forget don’t forget your sunscreen. (WYOMING STONE RANGER).

If you were walking somewhere in the Wyoming outback, and you found something like the video below what would you think?

The Wyoming Stone Ranger is taking advantage of good weather and headed out to Central Wyoming to look for blue agate.

Amazingly, he finds some red agate that is super rare.

The only one he has ever found.

Come along with the Ranger on this rock, hounding adventure, and enjoy the trip through the eyes of the Rangers camera. What would you drop in your bucket?

Every time I go rock counting I never get skunked. I always find rocks. Laughing out loud.

Watch a few of these episodes and you'll begin to appreciate what you are walking on here in Wyoming.

 

The Tate Geological Museum Casper Wyoming

The Tate Geological Museum was founded in 1980 through a gift from Marion and Inez Tate. It was originally designated as the Tate Earth Science Center and Mineralogical Museum. Because ‘geological’ encompasses earth science, mineralogy, and paleontology, the name was changed to the Tate Geological Museum in 2001.

Located on the Casper College campus, the museum is a great resource for the community. Many local schools and groups come to the museum to add to their student's learning experience.

Tate houses a collection of over 6000 fossil and mineral specimens.

Gallery Credit: Glenn Woods

Wyoming Dinosaur Center

Thermopolis Wyoming has one of the most interesting and active dinosaur museums in the world. As they continued to make new finds in the area they put in on display, so you can discover and learn.

Let's have a look at some of what is on display.

Gallery Credit: Glenn Woods

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