What is a wishing rock? It’s a rock with a single perfectly unbroken stripe all the way around the circumference of the rock. For a rock to qualify as a true wishing rock, there can be no splits, no outrunners, no faint second lines on the rock. Most of us have seen striped rocks, but to find one with just a single perfect line is not easy.

Popular lore holds that if you keep a wishing rock in your pocket (or nearby) and make wishes on it, it will help your wishes come true.

Aside from the “single line” requirement, wishing rocks have no “rules” associated with them. They can be little or large, any color, any shape. 

Like heart stones, wishing rocks also make a lovely gift.