"Great people. Fabulous selection of rock both rough and polished. I highly recommend the Rock Castle & Cota's Lapidary to any and all rock enthusiasts!"
"Love love this place. Owners are super friendly, nice environment. All in all just fun to see all the cool rocks. Too many to pick just one. A must go to for any rockhounders111"
"Incredible shop! Great selection and very friendly folks. Family business located behind their house. Nice drive along the river to get there. Lots of rocks, beads, and jewelry at many price points. Also have bins of rocks outside. Highly recommend!"
"Superb customer service, excellent selection of rock, great prices, welcoming atmosphere 11/10 would recommend to anyone looking for rocks!"
"Super nice owners, and the rough rock selection for doing lapidary work was out of this freakin world. I was there for almost 2 hrs. I wish I had a bigger budget; prices were awesome! Indoor specimens and carved material was gorgeous. Place is so worth the drive, and open all the time. They have a ton of inventory and traveling show sales stuff going on too, so if you're a serious buyer, they also do seem to do that (bulk rocks). I was in heaven. I made a long video that didn't fit in here. Some of their rocks were priced kinda "wrong", like way too cheap, and I told the guy, and he said they bought a lot of older collections, and just also need to move material out for new stuff. That was a great part for me. Like rough labradorite, moss agate, nicely lined wood, crazy lace, etc. They have a back pile for fifty cents a pound, and the rocks in there were gorgeous, and many of them were expensive types. This place is nuts. Don't miss it! I do lapidary teaching, and would give it 10 stars!"
"Great rock pile to find inexpensive tumbler rocks, friendly staff, beautiful products"
"It's a beautiful rock shop just outside Lebanon. He had a very large variety, and I was in awe of all the pretties. Reasonably priced. I will definitely be back for birthdays and Christmas!"
"A really amazing rock shop. So many great prices and things to choose from it made my head spin! If your into rocks and gems or shiny things I greatly recommend stopping by and taking a look! The owner is very knowledgeable and the variety is amazing. you want dinosaur poop? you got it! you want Charoite? its right there!"
"If you are a rock hound I advise leaning anything you don't want to spend at home. Everyone I go in I spend easy more than I wanted to buy that's because of the value of product is just unattainable any where else from my experiences. Super friendly and knowledgeable. Don't act like your washing there time. Don't forget to ask about the discount pile out back."
"The owners are so friendly and helpful. The prices are really affordable and they have a huge selection of mineral types and styles. Highly recommend!"
"What a awesome experience!Very nice selection of gemstones. Great prices,wonderful owners! Made my day🤗😁"
"For anyone interested in nature's treasures, this store is a jewel! They have a plethora of rocks, either natural or polished and shaped, fossils and minerals from all over the world. The owners are friendly and helpful and welcome browsers and hobbyists. It's part store, part museum, and definitely worth your trip."
View More Reviews
Back To Top
"This place has a stunning collection of minerals and friendly service from the owner. It was an absolute joy visiting this place. Pricing was very reasonable. Definitely recommend and will be back!"
"Off the beaten track, but for lapidaries like me, they have high quality material for sale, both in rough & slabs. Prices aren't dirt cheap, but are reasonable for the choice & quality offered."
"Amazing customer service. They were so helpful and nice. Their crystals are very fairly priced and amazing quality."
"They were so sweet! Everything was amazing quality and reasonably priced. We are already talking about going back."
"Excellent selection, top quality, superb customer service. Will return again and again."
"WOW!! Incredible selection and even more incredible and friendly owners. I highly recommend you check this place out!!!"
"Absolutely wonderful place, and equally wonderful people! A beautiful and high quality selection of crystals, minerals and fossils, and it was such a pleasure to chat with everyone! We felt very welcome, and sheer selection to choose from was incredible!"
"Absolutely amazing gem of a mineral and gemstone store. The owners are incredibly kind and the quality of their merchandise is top tier. If I lived in Oregon I’d be here all the time. Thank you for all your time today!"
"This place is a hidden treasure. So many unique and interesting specimens. Things you don't normally find in your typical rock shop. Owners and employee were fantastic. A new favorite for me!"
"Wonderful people there,large assortment of rocks and chrystals, I cant wait to go back"
"Amaizing selection of minerals crystals rocks. Need to come back and spend some time to look deeper"
"Rockhounder's paradise! I love this place. Cota has great deals on rough and it's always fun looking for treasure out in the rock pile!"
"Great place to get grit for tumbling. And they have all the stone you could want."
"This place is amazing! They have some of the most beautiful stones I've ever seen! They have polished ones, raw ones, giant geodes, tiny pendants, carved pieces, and they're very knowledgeable! Definitely coming back for more!"
"Fantastic place, stones and owners. I’ve been coming here for the last 3 years and I will come back and recommend them to people for as long as I have breath to breath.
They have things here I would never be able to get from countries I will likely never have the opportunity to visit and rockhound.
10+ stars!"
"I take my gf here all the time prices are great and the people are very genuine and nice would recommend"
"Love, love, LOVE the selection here absolutely beautiful rocks and crystals! People are knowledgeable and friendly!"
"Love this place... It's our favorite place to go! The 50cent a pound rock pile is so much fun! Staff is amazing, and we never leave without a bunch of treasures"
"This place is great! Customer service is awesome, there’s beautiful raw stone and crystals in bins outside and fantastic specimens inside for any price range. The owner is super knowledgeable and kind."
"Lots of nice things here,hard to leave without getting something 😎 cool"
"Awesome place for crystal's. Very friendly and knowledgeable staff.
We Love coming here."
"So many neat things. It will take you an hour and you will miss little things. Great place for gifts. Amazing crystals, petrified wood, geodes. Super affordable presents..."
"Love the rocks, ups and downs but an awesome place. People are nice with their best interest at heart.."
"Vert friendly, knowledgeable, and fair. Loved the selection here. Family friendly. Cut a large 22lb geode for us. Will definitely be back."
"Amazing selection of beads, crystals, and rocks. The owners are very attentive and helpful and the prices are lower than most."
"Very nice folks there with an incredible selection of specimens and good prices. This was our second trip there and will be going back... Seems to be an annual thing now."
"Absolutely amazing place to go. The miscellaneous rock pile is a fun way to spend some time digging. Lots of agates and petrified wood. The owners are very warm, friendly and knowledgeable and love to talk rocks, especially with beginner rockhounds like me. The shop has gorgeous and reasonably priced specimens, as well as plenty rough cut stuff for the DIYer. Well worth the drive!"
"Amazing place to go for everything mineral. Super friendly staff and there is always new stuff in the show room."
"Excellent rock, gem and mineral shop.
Lots of quality pieces as well as rough materials for the do it yourself lapidary and rock enthusiasts."
"There is so much to see here! Rough rocks, a 50 cent pile, and rock slabs are outside. Inside there are tumbled stones, beads, specimens, crystals, jewelry, carvings, fossils, and too much more to list. The owners are super nice and always happy to answer any questions."
"Took my grandsons her to get some thunder eggs and other cool stuff! Reasonably priced and great selection! Customer service was fantastic!"
"Amazing collection of raw and cut pieces. Check it out!! You won't be disappointed. Reasonable prices too!"
"They have so many beautiful rocks it is hard to choose 1 or 10
The owners are warm and friendly. They are very knowledgeable and are always willing to answer questions. It's a fun place to take your kids for the day"
"I love this place. The owners are friendly, knowledgeable and fair pricing. It is easy to spend hours here and not know it."
"Went here for the first time with my kids. It was a neat little shop with all sorts of stones and gems all polished and carved into a wide variety of items. They have an outdoor area also for large rough rocks and a pile of rocks we were able to pick through to find our own to take home and tumble. The kids and I enjoyed picking rocks to take home and polish in our tumbler and even found a few inexpensive finished items to buy as well. Worth stopping in to check things out, the owners were very friendly and welcoming."
"One of my favorite rock shops in the area, they have an amazing atmosphere and treat there customers like family. They even have a Facebook group where they show and sell rocks to people in and out of the area. I have never left there without a smile on my face and a bag full of beautiful rocks."
"A super cool and amazingly well stocked rock shop! This unpretentious treasure chest is full of awesome and unique varieties of stones at reasonable prices. Some very large, gorgeous, and more rare varieties, lots of cool carved pieces, friendly and knowledgeable owners! Well worth the drive from I-5 if you are down that way."
"This place is awesome! The owners are so sweet. Drop by. you won't regret it"
"I love this place they are great and can help you identify rocks if you need help . It's a great escape from the every day chaos. The best therapy to get through life's rough days, is to go play with rocks. it's definitely worth the trip."
"My family and I always have a wonderful time here and the people who run the place are so kind and amazing they really make you feel welcome and want to come back, and we always do at least twice a year 🙂"
"Wonderful classic Oregon Rock Shop.
The staff were extremely kind and open to discussion. I'm grateful I decided to make the drive.
Inventory is well stocked and prices reasonably.
I highly recommend this business. I will be coming back for sure.
Thanks for your time"
"We stopped by to look around. What ended up happening was our grandkids got to go to a rock pile that was $.50 lb for rocks while my wife and I looked through the different rough gemstones and minerals for items of interest. What we walked away with was an amazing collection of rough stone; Rose Quartz, Gold Stone, calcite, as well as many other items. These were all purchased at a very reasonable price and will give us plenty of stone, to work on improving our lapidary skills.
The inside of the store has beautifully finished gems snd fossils. The proprietors are absolutely friendly and welcoming. I fear sharing this best kept secret but they really do deserve the business.
Enjoy the beautiful rocks and visit! Buy something beautiful if you are so inclined!"
"Joe and his family are so welcoming and knowledgable. They have the best selection of rocks and minerals as well as finished gift items. Definitely worth the drive."
"Great place if your looking to find a mix of rocks for lapidary or want a nice pretty one for the yard. They even sale finished rocks in the small shop. Last time I was there, they had geodes you can open yourself from Mexico, Brazilian agate, and even some slabs. You never know what you might find which is great. Owners are very polite and very knowledgeable. Lots to explore on this place. It's always changing, you never know what you might find."
"Beautiful! Giant selection outside, endless variety, floor to ceiling magic!"
"What a AWESOME place make the trip super reasonable prices also very good ppl and great hours so glad to have found this place!!!"
"The owners are very experienced and helpful in finding what you like as well as letting you browse with out pressure. Loved looking at all the rocks and bought a decent amount! Looking forward to returning for more!"
"They had everything! Could spend all day there if you love rocks snd fossils."
"One of the coolest place you will ever go, the owners are so nice, I've always left happier then when I walked in, a true gem."
"Love this place.. Great family owned business. great services. Very friendly very helpful and informative All around fun place for the whole family"
"This place a beautiful field of rocks outside of the shop. The scales work and every rock bin is labeled accurately. The shop has a wonderful variety of beads, stones, jewelry, statues and so much more."
"Very Knowledgeable about rocks and great customer service. Highly suggested. These guys have been in the business for I believe 40 years."
"Great place to visit! Very nice and helpful with a large inventory! I would definitely recommend!"
"Amazing! We did not allow enough time to looky-lou at everything the owner had to offer. Could easily have spent 2 hrs there
Great prices! Will definitely make a.return visit."
"Amazing stone work and a beautiful pile of raw rock for .50 a pound! They have amazing people working it and it is on their property which is gorgeous. Got 26 pounds of raw rock for 13 bucks!!!"
"Love this place if you ever just want to wander and look around this is definitely the place to go the owners are so kind"
"Best rock shop I’ve been to in all my years of collecting. Best prices too! And two cute little dogs wandering around. Wonderful experience and very kind people!"
"Great place. Lots to see nice assortment. Friendly and helpful owners. Definitely gonna go again. 😃 picture is their sink in bathroom Joe (owner) made out of Petrified Wood. Nice.
Definitely if in area gotta stop and check it out."
"I love this shop. It’s definitely worth your time if you are in the area. The owners are so nice! When I locked my keys in my car, they were so kind and even gave me cold water while I waited for my ride. Their items are of stunning quality and the prices are very resonable. They are so knowledgeable and answered all our questions-and my kids had a lot! We shop here often and will continue to do so!"
"Such a cool selection and super amazing people that are really nice and knowledgeable!"
"A wonderful little treasure trove of stones, rocks, agates, geodes, and everything else to help the geo-enthusiast get their rocks off of a local business instead of an online retailer"
"Amazing store..so.many things to look. Bought some cool items for our wedding but could have spent two hours there."
"My friends brought me to Rock Castle when they found out I'm a rock hound like them lol.
I love love love this place the owners are super awesome, patient at answering any questions you have, great selection of raw rocks and minerals at great prices!
I love their .50¢ LB. Area it's like a scavenger hunt you never know what you'll find and you can't beat the price!
Gonna get out there again soon to see what new goodies they've gotten in!"
"Favorite rock place ever!
I am glad this is an hour drive from my house or I would be here every day buying treasures! Marie is the nicest lady and so helpful! I buy raw materials here as well as beads and chips for jewelry. Their gemstone chips are the best quality I have found! So many great things to find and the prices are very reasonable, will be back again and again!"
"Fun place to visit.
Joe is always willing to take the time to share and explain.
Great prices on mineral."
"Always have good selection, I even find rare stones here sometimes. Great humble nice folks. We come through whenever we have extra cash and the time to spend. (:"
"Fantastic selection, great prices. The Cora's are very nice people. We have a blast when we go out to their Rock Haven. A abundant selection of rocks, minerals, and fossils. If you need something polished, they do that too. See you soon, Joe and Lucy.. Sincerely Paul and Jan"
"Awesome place to visit if you like rocks, petrified wood, and fossils. Wonderful selection and very friendly and helpful staff."
"Thanks to Joe for being such a great host for an outing with friends! This is s must see spot!"
"Always helpful, friendly and knowledge. Favorite rock rock shop, great selection!!"
"Love love love this place. The location is awesome and the owners are cool. Got this cut last weekend. Prices are good on most items they sell."
"Excellent shop with great variety. Good quality and prices. Nice gem in this small town."
"Great selection in the of rocks to hunt threw. Found some wonderful treasures. The owners were very friendly and knowledgeable. We will definitely be going back again."
"Amazing people with awesome stones and beads. Great place to get stuff for jewelry."
"It's a wonderful and magical place. It's nice to see ll these cool rocks and fossilized roods and things. Very nice customer service. My oldest also cought a bullfrog that was stuck in a rowboat in there pond. The lady let him take it home. It's living in our small 300 gallon pond and is very happy. It has plenty to eat. Ate one of my crayfish 😭. Definitely will be going back to get more rocks and fossilized wood."
"If you're into rocks this is your place. I found an awesome little rock that looks like a liver."
"The man who met us was just wonderful. So knowledgeable friendly! Will be back!"
"Best place to spend the day and nothing your kids. Pack a lunch
Sandbox,,playhouse fair prices and treasures beyond galore!!! They can teach you everything though never knew about rocks!!! kid friendly"
"They have a wonderful selection of polished rocks that are very beautiful. There is a huge variety of rocks for such a small room. Some are cheap and some are expensive. They have rocks with holes in them so you can make your own necklace. They have crystal balls. They use to have polished petrified wood but I didn't see any last time I went. Any rock lover that goes here won't be disappointed. I showed my friend where this place was and she loved it. Rock Castle hosts a Rock Show at the Sweet Home High School once per year. I haven't been but maybe I'll go sometime."
"After reading all the reviews I decided to take the trip to the Rock Castle. I was amazed at the varieties of rocks and gem stones they had in their collection at very reasonable prices! The Cotas were both genuinely nice people that were always willing to answer any questions I had. They earned my business because they know their product and their love for lapidary shows. If you live in the area it's certainly worth every minute of your time!"
"I love this rock shop the owners are so helpful and knowledgeable, I've always had great service and great prices, thank you rock castle for all your help"
"Made my month by having my thundereggs polished by this man. He did a great job on 11 eggs I sent him. No non sense here he know what hes is doing."
"Amazing operation, great rocks & fossils, generous pricing, extremely knowledgeable and comfortable setting."
"Great prices and wonderful Service. The lady working was so warm and welcoming and helped me find the perfect gift for my hubby! I brought my 2 year old boy and was provided toys for him to play with made out with some great deals! I'll be back and bring more friends!"
"Fantastic little gem of a rock shop tucked away near beautiful Waterloo Park outside of Lebanon, OR on River Drive. This is a really top notch rock shop with some of the best and most colorful petrified wood specimens' I have ever seen. Huge selection of every kind of geo/thunder eggs outside of a trade show and the owners Lucy & Joe are the nicest people you would ever meet. They truly know how to provide the best shopping experience around. Great selection, fair prices and a really educational time, too! This was our first visit to their shop and we definitely plan on returning. This is a must visit for anyone even remotely interested in geology, lapidary or beautiful jewelry!"