Gem Trails of Texas

Visit the places where experienced rock and mineral collectors have found success! Detailed descriptions, photos and maps guide you to some of the best gem collecting sites in the state. This book is a 6" x 9" paperback with 175 pages. Expanded, revised 9th edition.

Gem Trails of TexasTable of Contents
Introduction	6
Hints for Collecting Minerals	8
Hints for Collecting Gem Materials	9
Rockhound Rules	10
Code of Ethics	11
Map Legend	13
Texas Locator Map	14
Key Sites to Locator Map	15
Collecting Sites
Region I - Trans - Pecos - West Texas
Introduction	16
Map	17
Site 1. Franklin Mountains - El Paso	18
Site 2. Fossils and Flint - Hueco Mountain Area	20
Site 3. Kilbourne Hole	22
Site 4. Allamoore Talc Mines	24
Site 5. Marfa Agate	26
What is an Agate?	28
Site 6. Balmorhea Blue Agate	30
Site 7. Agate - Toyah Area	32
Site 8. Woodward Ranch	36
Site 9. Agate - Ritchie Ranch (Alpine)	38
Site 10. Agate - Stillwell Ranch	40
Site 11. Terlingua Minerals	42
Site 12. Jasper - Marathon Area	46
Site 13. Pom Pom Agate - Needle Peak	48
Region II - Central Texas
Introduction	50
Map	51
Site 14. Topaz and Smokey Quartz - Katemcy Creek	52
Site 15. Topaz - Wayne Hofmann Ranch	54
Site 16. Topaz - Garner Sequist Ranch	56
Site 17. Llanite	60
Site 18. Granite - Burnet County	62
What is a Geode?	64
Color Photo Insert	65
Site 19. Crinoids - San Saba Area	74
Site 20. Dinosaur Valley State Park	76
Site 21. Fossils - KLT's Knob Hill Ranch	78
Site 22. Proctor Lake	80
Site 23. Fossiliferous Limestone - Coryell County	82
Site 24. Cleburne Fossils	86
Site 25. Celestite - Lampasas County	88
Region III - Panhandle - The High Plains
Introduction	90
Map	91
Site 26. Colored Fling - Lake McClellan	92
Site 27. Lake Mackenzie	94
Site 28. Dolomite	98
Site 29. Alabaster	100
Region IV - North Texas
Introduction	102
Map	103
30. Fossils - Bridgeport Area	104
31. Fossils - North Sulphur River	106
32. Alvord Pyrite	108
33. Fossils - Cisco Area	112
34. Hematite - Possum Kingdom Lake	114
35. Colorful Conglomerates	116
Region V - Southeast Texas
Introduction	118
Map	119
36. Clay Concretions	120
37. Tektites - Dime Box Area	122
38. Livingston Area	124
39. Brazos River Wood	126
40. Tektites and Bediasites - Bedias, Grimes County	128
41. Wood and Jasper - Trinity / Crockett Area	130
42. Petrified Palm Wood - Crockett Area	132
43. Petrified Palm Wood - Toledo Bend Reservoir	134
What is Petrified Wood?	136
44. Petrified Wood - Lake Sam Rayburn	138
45. Fossils - Whisky Ridge	140
46. Petrified Wood - Giddings / La Grange Area	142
47. Petrified Wood - Somerville / Lyons Area	144
Region VI - Southwest Texas
Introduction	146
Map	147
48. Moss Agate - Rio Grande Valley	148
49. Agate - Bob's Nob Area	150
50. Agate - Sullivan City	152
51. Petrified Wood - Frio River Area	154
52. Wood and Agate - Choke Canyon Reservoir	156
Appendices
Appendix A - Gem and Mineral Societies in Texas	158
Appendix B - Museums	161
Appendix C - Maps and Information	162
Appendix D - Stars of Texas (Places of Geological Interest)	163
Glossary	166
Mineral Locator Index	173