Rockhounding Arizona
A Guide to the State's Best Rockhounding Sites
3rd Edition
Published on 1. October 2022
280 pages
978-1-4930-5831-0 (ISBN)
Description
Explore the mineral-rich region of Arizona with veteran rockhound Robert Beard's Rockhounding Arizona, 3rd Edition. Fully revised and updated, unearth treasures from the state's best rockhounding locations, ranging from popular and commercial sites to numerous lesser-known areas. Featuring an overview of the state's geologic history as well as site-by-site chapters, Rockhounding Arizona is the ideal resource for rock seekers and collectors of all ages and experience levels.
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Edition
3rd Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Globe Pequot Press
Illustrations
44 Maps, 166 Color Photos
File size
32,04 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-5831-0 (9781493058310)
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Gerry Blair
Rockhounding Arizona
Book
12/2022
3rd Edition
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Persons
Robert Beard is a geologist and has collected rocks for over 30 years. He is a Contributing Editor to Rock & Gem magazine, and has written for Rock & Gem since 1993. He received his M.S. degree in geology from UNM in 1987, at a time when the mining and oil industries were flat on their backs, but the environmental cleanup industry was just getting started. In 1988 he moved to the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area to pursue a career as an environmental geologist. Since then he has remained alert for opportunities to see geology and collect rocks, minerals, and fossils, as he was taught that the best geologist is the one that has the most rocks.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Rockhounding Basics
- How to Use This Guide
- COCHISE COUNTY
- 1. Harris Mountain Mines
- 2. Gold Hill Chalcedony
- 3. Golden Rule Mine Quartz Crystals
- 4. Centurion Mine Garnet and Marble
- 5. Dragoon White Marble Quarries
- 6. Courtland Ghost Town
- 7. Middlemarch Pass Mines
- 8. Ash Canyon Quartz Crystals
- 9. Reef Mine Quartz Crystals
- 10. St. David Selenite
- 11. H&D Mine Fluorite
- COCONINO COUNTY
- 12. Obsidian Tank Obsidian
- 13. Ash Fork Flagstone
- GILA COUNTY
- 14. Globe Travertine Onyx
- 15. Phillips Mine Chrysotile and Serpentine
- 16. Indian Gardens Paleo Site
- 17. AZ 260 Jasper
- 18. Payson Quartz Nodules
- 19. Diamond Point Quartz Crystals
- 20. Pine Fossils
- 21. Winkelman Quarry Fossils
- GRAHAM COUNTY
- 22. Joy Valley Fire Agate
- 23. Whitlock Mountains Volcanic Rocks
- 24. Pipeline Road Spherulites and Geodes
- 25. Black Hills Chalcedony and Fire Agate
- 26. High Noon Prospect Copper Minerals
- GREENLEE COUNTY
- 27. Round Mountain Chalcedony and Fire Agate
- 28. Polly Ann Mine Fluorite
- 29. Limestone Gulch Agate, Chalcedony, and Jasper
- 30. Ash Peak Quartz Crystals
- LA PAZ COUNTY
- 31. Little Harquahala Mountains Mines
- 32. Harquahala Road Fire Agate
- 33. Little Harquahala Mountains Chalcedony
- 34. Harquahala Road Mines
- 35. Cunningham Pass Copper Minerals
- 36. Brenda Jasper
- 37. Bouse Hematite
- 38. Blackbird Mine Manganese Minerals
- 39. Quartzite Area Mines
- 40. Crystal Hill Quartz Crystals
- MARICOPA COUNTY
- 41. Bartlett Dam Road Granite
- 42. Horseshoe Dam Agate
- 43. Seven Springs Onyx Quarry
- 44. New River Red Jasper
- 45. Table Mountain Dark Jasper
- 46. Painted Rock Mountains
- 47. Saddle Mountain Fire Agate
- 48. Salome Highway Specular Hematite
- 49. Big Horn Mountains Fluorite and Selenite
- 50. Aguila Road Apache Tears
- MOHAVE COUNTY
- 51. Burro Creek Campground Apache Tears
- 52. Burro Creek Pastelite, Opalite, and Agate
- 53. Black Mountains White Agate
- 54. Cuesta Fire Agate
- 55. Kingman Honey Onyx
- 56. Cerbat Mines
- 57. US 93 Camptonite Dike
- NAVAJO COUNTY
- 58. Woodruff Petrified Wood
- 59. Joseph City Petrified Wood
- 60. Winslow Petrified Wood
- PIMA COUNTY
- 61. Ajo Copper Prospects
- PINAL COUNTY
- 62. Picketpost Mountain Apache Tears
- 63. Bomboy Mine Chrysocolla
- 64. Superstition Mountains Banded Marble
- 65. Dudleyville Calcite and Heulandite
- SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
- 66. J. C. Holmes Vanadinite Mine
- 67. Temporal Road Quartz Crystals
- YAVAPAI COUNTY
- 68. Camp Verde Salt Mine
- 69. Chasm Creek Agate
- 70. Rodeo Flats Agate
- 71. Mayer Travertine Onyx
- 72. Monte Cristo Mine
- 73. Date Creek Quartz Crystals
- 74. Crookton Road Onyx
- 75. Rock Butte Fossils
- References
- Index
- About the Author
