Known for their integrated colors and patterns, collectors are often amazed at agates that wind up on Upper Peninsula lakeshores. Known for its diversity and beauty, an agate stone is a form of quartz ...

Agates are formed from silica solutions filling gas bubbles in lava rocks, creating bands of color. The best time to find agates in Michigan is after a storm. Popular Michigan agate hunting locations ...

Tom Woodden likes to compare hunting for Fairburn agates to trout fishing. “It’s like reeling in that big one,” said Woodden, who is known to have one of the world’s largest Fairburn agate collections ...