r/Edmonton • u/No-Kiwi-8610 • 10h ago

Outdoor Spaces/Recreation ROCK HOUNDING?

With the last of fall coming im looking for some rock projects to polish up over winter. Im new to the edmonton area and was wondering if there are any specific parts of the river valley to look? Other spots like maybe Devon or surrounding area would be awesome too. Thanks!

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u/GuineaW0rm Dedmonton 10h ago

Found some crinoids right downtown today right before the wind started up, near the legislature building. (:

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u/No-Kiwi-8610 10h ago

Awesome! Thanks, are they fairly common along the river?

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u/GuineaW0rm Dedmonton 8h ago

They’re not super common. There’s a ton of quartz, iron oxide , pyrite and petrified wood- less common are fossils, but they’re there!

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u/Cptn_Canada 19m ago

Lots of places along the north sask. Genesee bridge. Devon. In the city.

Lots of people sluicing for gold and leave piles of clean cool rocks at those spots.