Beach Rocks: Treasures from the Northeast Coast

Beach rocks are beautiful! Beach rocks are cool! If you’ve ever picked up a rock at the beach, you know there is something special about the way they look and feel. Beach rocks come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. From Maine’s “wishing stones” to New Jersey’s Cape May “diamonds,” this beginner’s guide invites you to explore the beautiful beach rocks of the Northeast Coast. Inside, you’ll find a handy identification guide to the pebbles you’re most likely to discover. It covers common minerals such as quartz, epidote, and feldspar, as well as rocks including basalt, rhyolite, granite, jasper, puddingstone, gneiss, schist, slate, and quartzite.