It's almost crystal digging season in Oklahoma. Starting April 1, you can enjoy the 11,200-acre salt flats and collect the state crystal of Oklahoma free at the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge.

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JET ― Authorities at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in northern Oklahoma announced that crystal digging season will open next month. Visitors can explore the 11,200-acre salt flats and collect ...

CHEROKEE, Okla. — What a difference a day makes. The Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge's crystal digging area is now open a day after the refuge's Facebook post that it was closed due to flooding.

JESSIEVILLE -- Ron Coleman Mining, located at 211 Crystal Ridge Lane, will host its 12th annual Family Fun Day on Saturday.

CRYSTAL PARK, Mont. — Molten granite formed the Pioneer Mountain Range in southwest Montana about 72-million years ago. As the granite cooled, water carried quartz and other minerals through the rocks ...

As I topped the gypsum hill, I saw a frozen lake in the distance covered with trucks, SUVs and shanties, and people huddled around holes - a scene straight out of a Minnesota winter. But this was not ...

A photo of a $3.5 million chunk of quartz resurfaced on the Reddit home page Sunday, about two years after it was discovered in an Arkansas mine. The image shows a man posing with an 8-foot block of ...

Ann McElhaney’s lime green sweatsuit was patterned garishly red with Arkansas clay. Her face and hands also were liberally smeared with the iron-rich soil. Tiny trickles of blood oozed from beneath ...

Dogs often want to help their owners with anything and everything they might be doing. This particular video showcased an adorable Dachshund named Jellybean wanting to join in crystal digging. However ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHEROKEE, Okla. (KFOR) — Crystal digging ...