Minerals of Arizona : A Field Guide for Collectors

by Bearce, Neil R.

• ISBN13: 9780945005339
• ISBN10: 0945005334
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Geoscience Pr

Summary

The complete guide for both novice rockhounds and experienced rock and mineral collectors with new and exciting collecting sites that exist and are easily accessible. Includes topographical maps, full-color photos, and site difficulty scales.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Illustrations	x	(1)
Preface and Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(4)
Rockhound Etiquette	5	(2)
Mineralogy	7	(8)
Scientific Properties of Site Specimens	15	(10)
The Collecting Sites	25	(4)
1. Copper Minerals at the Bingham and Copper Queen Mines	29	(2)
2. "Onyx" at Mayer	31	(2)
3. Jasper and Agate at Bouse	33	(2)
4. Agate at Burro Creek	35	(4)
5. Agate and Jasper at the Anderson Mine	39	(2)
6. Agate and Jasper South of Bagdad	41	(3)
7. Copper and Other Minerals in the Buckskin Mountains	44	(8)
8. Calcite Crystals on Route 89A	52	(2)
9. The Wickenburg District	54	(7)
10. Chert Near Ash Fork	61	(2)
11. Spessartine Garnets at Lion Spring	63	(3)
12. Agate East of Saint Johns	66	(2)
13. Agate at Horseshoe Dam	68	(1)
14. Natrolite South of Horseshoe Dam	69	(2)
15. Opalized Chrysocolla at Chalk Mountain	71	(3)
16. Saginite and Quartz Crystal West of Sheep Crossing	74	(3)
17. Jasper North of Seven Springs	77	(1)
18. Petrified Wood in Oso Draw	78	(2)
19. Fossils at Flagstaff	80	(2)
20. Agate on the Kofa-Manganese Road	82	(2)
21. Crystal Geodes South of Aguila Road	84	(3)
22. Opal and Chalcedony Geodes West of Lake Pleasant	87	(3)
23. Wulfenite and Vanadinite in the Trigo Mountains	90	(3)
24. Calcite and Blue Agate in the Sierrita Mountains	93	(2)
25. Jasper at Brenda	95	(2)
26. Green Quartz South of Route 238	97	(3)
27. Agate in the Apache National Forest (Forest Road 577)	100	(3)
28. Agate in the Apache National Forest (San Francisco River)	103	(3)
29. Agate South of Luna, New Mexico (Route 180)	106	(2)
30. Agate Mountain	108	(3)
31. Quartz Crystals and Aragonite in the Tonto National Forest	111	(2)
32. Fossils in the Tonto and Coconino National Forests	113	(8)
33. Azurite and Malachite at the Blue Ball Mine	121	(3)
34. Chalcedony in the Peloncillo Mountains	124	(3)
35. Fluorite at the Pollyanna Mine	127	(2)
36. Tridymite in the Big Lue Mountains	129	(2)
37. Agate North of Clifton	131	(2)
38. Obsidian on the Coronado Trail	133	(1)
39. Copper Minerals at Saginaw Hill	134	(2)
40. Copper Minerals at the Helvetia District	136	(7)
41. Quartz Crystals at Gringo Gulch	143	(2)
42. Vanadinite at the J. C. Holmes Claim	145	(2)
43. Rhodocrosite at the Four Metals Mine	147	(3)
44. Quartz Crystals at Duquesne	150	(2)
45. Copper Minerals at the Total Wreck Mine	152	(3)
46. Travertine at the Hilton Mine	155	(2)
47. Fire Slag at Forest Road 231	157	(2)
48. Marble in Hewitt Canyon	159	(2)
49. Geodes at Potts Canyon	161	(2)
50. Heulandite at Malpais Hill	163	(3)
51. Wulfenite at the Finch Mine	166	(3)
52. Turquoise at Gleeson	169	(2)
53. Quartz Crystals in Ash Canyon	171	(2)
54. Marine Fossils East of Naco	173	(2)
55. Pyrite Crystals in Middlemarch Canyon	175	(2)
56. Galena and Epidote at the Silver Prince Mine	177	(2)
57. The Klondyke-Aravaipa District	179	(6)
Rock and Mineral Index	185	(2)
About the Author	187