Rooster’s Rocks

I went to Rooster’s Rock a few times while in Newport. The owner was a wealth of information on the agates of Oregon. I hope to go back again in January.

I want to visit Roosters Rocks on my vacation to the Oregon Coast. Picked Newport specifically so I could visit thus shop. Being an avid collector of gemstones from all over the world I was surprised to come across a Bumble Bee jasper sphere. It was on display with the rest of his spheres in the middle of his shop. I have several specimens of my own and I know how rare this stone is. It comes from one volcano in Indonesia and it is exceptionally dangerous to mine and is getting scarce. I picked it up and said, wow. The proprietor of the store, in front of a room full of other customers, very rudely told me he would rather I not touch his stone and to please put it down. I said fine, and now I will leave as well. He went on to tell me what is was made of. I already knew everything, if not more about it. If he didn’t want anyone to touch it why was out on display where anyone could touch it. Very poor customer relationship skills to say the least. So I went to another nearby shop, the Pirates Cove and spent several hundreds of dollars on their offerings of smokey quartz, amethyst, kyanite, a beautiful petrified wood, and a wonderful opalized fossel. I will definalty be back, however, I will never set foot inside Roosters Rocks again. You lost an excellent potential customer for life.

The Oregon coast is a hotspot year round for rock collectors, especially those hunting agates and jasper in reds, greens and blues. Rooster’s Rocks is one of a handful of places to get all of those locally sourced rocks, polished and unpolished for those who tumble their own, as well as spectacular rocks and crystals from all over the world.
My nephews love spending time in here looking through all the baskets of rocks, sorted by size and color and kind, holding them up to the light, and hearing about where they’re from. The owner loves rocks and loves to talk about rocks. He showed them miniature «caves» in rocks that can only be seen through a magnifying glass and explained how certain rocks are formed, found, cut, polished, etc.
He also creates pieces for the home. Beautiful and elaborate wind chimes and pieces to hang in a window — as colorful and brilliant as glass. The selection is incredible! If you’re at all curious about what all those people are doing at the beach looking at the ground, you should visit Rooster’s Rocks and find out!