Based in Asheville, North Carolina, American Rockhound is focused on promoting the hobby of rock, gem, mineral and fossil collecting. Sponsored by MAGMA, (Mountain Area Gem and Mineral Association) and Jacquot & Son Mining, we have a wealth of information and content supplied by our readers and rockhounds from all over the United States.
We hope you will enjoy this excellent source for information to enhance and promote our hobby.
Hello friends, our new book series is in the works and we are excited to work on the first volume as it develops.
Now available for viewing are the first six issues of American Rockhound magazine. Click on links below.
NOTICE: Due to a print overrun, American Rockhound, Volume 2, Issue 5. We are having a sale on hard copies of this issue!
American Rockhound Volume 2, Issue 5
Rocks From Space
$15.00 + $10.00 shipping |
Hard copies of all issues are available at our quarterly gem and mineral shows.
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On the cover: The largest natural emerald crystal ever found. Collected by miner, Jamie Hill at the North American Emerald Mines, Hiddenite, North Carolina. |
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On the cover: 7.27 carat North Carolina Diamond? Collected by miner, Ken Kyte. Where did it come from? Like all other NC diamonds, little is known about it's origins. |
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On the cover: New genus and species; Protosirenid sirenian. Collected by SCUBA fossil diver, Richard Jacquot, from the depths of the Cooper River, near Charleston, SC. |
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On the cover: Petrified Wood log sections from the Petrified Forest, near Holbrook, Arizona. Cross section collected by Victor John Jacquot in Arizona, 1937. |
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On the cover: Meteorite slice from a nickel iron meteorite. Showing the Widmanstatten Pattern after acid etching. Collected by Earth, from Space. |
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On the cover: Amethyst double terminated crystals on matrix rock. Collected by miner Richard Jacquot, from the Reel Mine, Lincoln County, NC. |
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These six issues are a valuable historical reference for mining and rockhounding in Western North Carolina. Thank you for your continued support of American Rockhound. We look forward to our future issues and our new book series. Top quality publications that will be a valued asset to your rockhounding library. |
Richard Jacquot
Owner, American Rockhound and American Rockhound Magazine
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at: 828-779-4501 or email at: RickJacquot@gmail.com |
Site Updated: July, 2025
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