open to public LOCATION!!! Digging quartz crystals in a special opportunity at Twin Creek Mine in Arkansas Sometimes the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Tucked away in west-central Arkansas' Ouachita Mountains, Mount Ida is a literal hidden gem, a tiny town that got its nickname — the "Quartz ...

In and around Mount Ida, the identity of the official Arkansas State Mineral can be guessed just by looking around. In fact -- pun alert! -- the laureate is crystal-clear from billboards and other ...

Excited screams filled the air as two of my sons jumped from the platform and plunged downward into the mine below. Within minutes, they dropped several hundred feet and had traveled over a half-mile ...

Tucked away in west-central Arkansas' Ouachita Mountains, Mount Ida is a literal hidden gem, a tiny town that got its nickname — the "Quartz Crystal Capital of the World" — thanks to the abundance of ...