I have been rock hounding for about 50 years - in New Jersey (prehnite, carnelian, pyrite, fluorescent minerals at Franklin) , New York (garnet and Herks)  North Carolina(ruby, sapphire, garnet, peridot, emerald, aqua, uraninite, green opal, golden beryl, fossils and amber), South Carolina (aqua), Montana(garnets, sapphires, quartz crystals and amethyst, fossils, moss agate, fortification agate), Wyoming (jade), Arizona (quartz, geodes, petrified wood), Colorado(topaz, aquamarine, fossil insects), Nevada (opalized wood), California (tourmaline, obsidian), Oregon (agate, sunstone), Idaho (opal), Washington(agate),New Hampshire (beryl), Virgina(beryl, tourmaline, fairy crosses), Connecticut (garnet, danburite), Maine(tourmaline, lithium mica, beryl),  Georgia (rose qz, beryl), Michigan and Minnesota (agate), South Dakota (agate) and a lot of states that my folks didn't write down when I was little. I know we found celestite, but I don't remember where - and amazonite as well.  Don't think I have ever met such nice folk in my life, and had as much fun while exercising.  I like to say on my vacations I make little rocks out of big ones .

Welcome! Man! That is a list! I think mine would make a very short sentence.
Pictures would be great!
Rebecca

Well you've certainly had your share of rockhounding with all those references.  I'll bet your collection is pretty extensive.  Welcome to RHL and show us what you got when you get back home.