The best time for hunting Ellensburg blue agates is in early summer, as frost weathering during winter pushes new stones toward the surface. - A rainstorm will benefit rock hunters in two ways.

This Ellensburg blue agate was found at Rock n' Tomahawk Ranch in the Kittitas Valley Author: Anne Erickson, King 5 Evening Published: 10:55 AM PDT August 9, 2018 ...

ELLENSBURG, Wash. - They have an otherworldly glow, often blue as the sky, but sometimes tinted with the lavender of twilight. And while there are other blue agates in the world, there is only one ...

But there’s only one Ellensburg blue. Millions of years ago water flowing through lava beds in Kittitas Valley made light blue agates. It’s a color Bernice Best loves.

“And it’s almost a rite of passage that if you’re leaving town, you are going with an Ellensburg Blue,” said Steven Townsend, who buys and sells blues at his agate and bead shop in Ellensburg.

But there’s only one Ellensburg blue. Millions of years ago water flowing through lava beds in Kittitas Valley made light blue agates. It’s a color Bernice Best loves.

But there’s only one Ellensburg blue. Millions of years ago water flowing through lava beds in Kittitas Valley made light blue agates. It’s a color Bernice Best loves.