Information & Websites of Interest
Updated March 2025
Tumbling Resources
General
We encourage you to join your local rock club.
In Central Oregon our club is Central Oregon Rock Collectors.
Individual dues are $20 adults, $5 juniors or $25 for households.
Membership includes participation in club field trips.
CIGARBOXROCK LAPIDARY offers a 10% discount to members of the
The Central Oregon Rock Collectors.
Central Oregon Rock Collectors Club
Not a resident of Central Oregon?
Museums
CigarBoxRock is Developing a Rockhound Museum at our Shop in Bend !
Coming Soon: Video of the Bend Rockhound Museum!
Rice Museum- Hillsboro, Oregon
Crater Rock – Central Point, Oregon
THE JUST PLAIN AMAZING!
Hans Gamma was one of the major picture jasper collectors and the author of Rock Treasueres of Oregon
THE OFF BEAT
Visit The Living Rock Studio. Located near Interstate 5 in Brownsville, Oregon,
The Living Rock is part rock shop, part museum, part ministry and part roadside attraction.
But is well worth the visit!
http://www.livingrockstudios.org/us/
WORLDWIDE ROCK TUMBLING CONTEST
Every Year The Feather River Lapidary and Mineral Society Holds its Annual World Wide Rock Tumbling Contest
The rock for 2025 is:
Picture Jasper from Craig Gulch, Owhyee Mountains
Details and entry forms 2025 Contest
Videos on Rockhounding
Whistler Springs and Lucky Strike
Travel Oregon’s Grant’s Getaways with host Grant Mcomie has several great videos for Rock hounds
Sunstones
Meet the Man that Makes Sunstones Glitter!
Do you know of an interesting geology/lapidary related event or lecture?
Please let us know ! We will post information and details here!
Understand the geologic events which shaped our landscape and created or deposited the rocks and mineral treasures we love!
The Lake Missoula and Bonneville Floods