Gem Trails of Arizona

by Mitchell, James R.

• ISBN13: 9781889786148
• ISBN10: 1889786144
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Gem Guides Book Co

Summary

Best-selling guide covering over 90 collecting sites. Maps, detailed text and photos lead the collector to sites as diverse as the rocks and minerals found there. Color photos highlight specimens from azurite to wulfenite. Indexed by location and by mineral. Includes glossary.

Table of Contents

Map Legend	6	(1)
Arizona Locator Map	7	(1)
Introduction	8	(1)
Mineral Highlights	8	(3)
Petrified Wood	8	(1)
Turquoise	9	(1)
Chrysocolla	10	(1)
Peridot	11	(1)
Mining in Arizona	11	(2)
Mineral and Gem Collecting in Arizona	13	(4)
Geography and Climate	13	(1)
Collecting Sites	14	(1)
Rockhound Rules	15	(1)
Outdoor Arizona	16	(1)
More Than Just Pretty Rocks	17	(1)
SECTION I
Lake Powell	18	(2)
Kingman Onyx	20	(2)
Chloride Minerals	22	(2)
Oatman Fire Agate	24	(2)
Wenden Dendritic Agate	26	(2)
Alamo Lake Palm Bog	28	(2)
Signal Petrified Wood	30	(2)
Desert Roses	32	(2)
Burro Creek Opalite	34	(2)
Burro Creek Pastelite	36	(2)
Burro Creek Apache Tears	38	(2)
Date Creek Quartz Crystals	40	(2)
Bagdad Agate & Jasper	42	(2)
Perkinsville Agate	44	(2)
Prescott Minerals	46	(2)
Copper Basin Minerals	48	(2)
Crookton Road Onyx	50	(2)
Ash Fork Picture Stone	52	(2)
Crown King Minerals	54	(2)
SECTION II
Parks Obsidian	56	(2)
Country Club Fossils	58	(2)
Jerome Calcite	60	(3)
Mogollon Rim Fossils	63	(1)
Fossils From Pine	63	(5)
Camp Verde Area Minerals	68	(2)
East Verde Fossils	70	(2)
Payson Agate	72	(2)
Horton Petrified Coral	74	(2)
Black Canyon Red Jasper	76	(2)
Payson Geodes & Nodules	78	(12)
Tumble Polishing Rocks	80	(1)
Color Specimen Photos	81	(9)
Christopher Creek Jasper	90	(2)
Diamond Point Crystals	92	(2)
Rim Road Fossils	94	(2)
Blue Ridge Reservoir	96	(2)
Woodruff Petrified Wood	98	(2)
Joseph City Petrified Wood	100	(2)
Winslow Petrified Wood	102	(2)
Rincon Basin Minerals	104	(2)
SECTION III
Harquahala Mine Minerals	106	(2)
Plomosa Mountains	108	(2)
Brenda Jasper	110	(2)
Aguila Crystals	112	(2)
Wenden Marble	114	(2)
Bouse Hematite & Jasper	116	(2)
Moon Mountain Petrified Wood	118	(2)
Quartzsite Minerals	120	(2)
Crystal Hill	122	(2)
Porter Beds Chalcedony	124	(2)
Eagle Tail Mountains	126	(2)
Vulture Mine Region	128	(2)
Painted Rocks Agate & Minerals	130	(2)
Fourth of July Peak Agate	132	(2)
Saddle Mountain Fire Agate	134	(2)
Ghost Towns & Minerals	136	(2)
Wickenburg Nodules	138	(4)
Indian Pass Dumortierite	142	(2)
Palo Verde Fire Agate	144	(2)
Red Cloud Mine Area	146	(2)
Whipple Mountain Chalcedony	148	(2)
Big River Agate	150	(2)
SECTION IV
Cave Creek Agate & Jasper	152	(2)
Horseshoe Lake Black Agate	154	(2)
Sheep Crossing	156	(2)
New River Red Jasper	158	(2)
Maricopa Green Jasper	160	(2)
Queen Valley Marble	162	(2)
Hayden Wulfenite	164	(3)
Dudleyville Minerals	167	(3)
Copper Country	170	(2)
Globe Onyx	172	(2)
Black Hills Fire Agate	174	(2)
Clifton Agate	176	(2)
Clifton Fire Agate	178	(2)
Mule Creek Apache Tears	180	(2)
Geronimo Trail Geodes	182	(2)
Carlyle Mine Dumps	184	(2)
Round Mountain Fire Agate	186	(2)
Duncan Fire Agate	188	(2)
Joy Valley Fire Agate	190	(2)
Gleeson Area Minerals	192	(2)
St. David Selenite Clusters	194	(2)
Carr Canyon Quartz Crystals	196	(3)
Ash Canyon Crystals	199	(3)
Providencia Canyon Rhodochrosite	202	(3)
Patagonia Minerals	205	(3)
Empire Mountains Travertine	208	(2)
Helvetia Mining District	210	(2)
Tucson Fossils	212	(2)
Saginaw Hill Minerals	214	(2)
Mineral Locator Index	216	(4)
Glossary	220	(4)
Notes	224