Gem Trails of Arizona

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 272 pages.

Gem Trails of ArizonaTable of Contents
Arizona Collecting Sites	6
Arizona Site Locator Map	7
Map Legend	8
Forward	9
Summary of Basic Rockhounding Rules and Regulations	10
Introduction	12
Mineral Highlights	12
Mining in Arizona	15
Mineral and Gem Collecting in Arizona	17
More Than Just Pretty Rocks	20
Region I
1. Lake Powell	22
2. Kingman Onyx	24
3. Chloride Minerals	26
4. Oatman Fire Agate	28
5. Wenden Dendritic Agate	30
6. Alamo Lake Palm Bog	32
7. Signal Petrified Wood	34
8. Desert Roses	36
9. Burro Creek Opalite	38
10. Burro Creek Pastelite	40
11. Burro Creek Apache Tears	42
12. Date Creek Quartz Crystals	44
13. Bagdad Agate and Jasper	46
14. Perkinsville Agate	48
15. Prescott Minerals	50
16. Copper Basin Minerals	52
17. Rock Butte Fossils	54
18. Crookton Road Onyx	56
19. Ash Fork Picture Stone	58
20. Crown King Minerals	60
Region II
21. Parks Obsidian	62
22. Country Club Fossils	64
23. Jerome Calcite	66
24. Hull Canyon Fossils and Calcite	70
25. Perkinsville Road Fossils	72
26. Cottonwood Minerals	74
27. Mogollon Rim Fossils	76
28. Fossils From Pine	78
29. Camp Verde Area Minerals	80
30. East Verde Fossils	82
31. Payson Agate	84
32. Horton Petrified Coral	86
33. Roberts Mesa Fossils and Chert	88
34. Forest Lakes Fossils	90
35. Black Canyon Red Jasper	92
36. Houston Mesa Coral	94
Tumble Polishing Rocks	96
Color Photo Insert	97
37. Payson Geodes and Nodules	106
38. Christopher Creek Jasper	108
39. Rim Road Fossils	110
40. Perley Creek Fossils	112
41. Blue Ridge Reservoir	114
42. Woodruff Petrified Wood	116
43. Joseph City Petrified Wood	118
44. Winslow Petrified Wood	120
Region III
45. Harquahala Mine Minerals	122
46. Plomosa Mountains	124
47. Brenda Jasper	126
48. Aguila Crystals	128
49. Wenden Marble	130
50. Bouse Hematite and Jasper	132
51. Plomosa Road Minerals	134
52. Moon Mountain Petrified Wood	136
53. Quartzsite Minerals	138
54. Crystal Hill	140
55. Big Horn Mountains Fluorite	142
56. Eagle Tail Mountains	144
57. Little Harquahala Mountains Chalcedony	146
58. Vulture Mine Region	148
59. Painted Rocks Agate and Minerals	150
60. Fourth of July Peak Agate	152
61. Saddle Mountains Fire Agate	154
62. Ghost Towns and Minerals	156
63. Wickenburg Nodules	158
64. Indian Pass Dumortierite	162
65. Palo Verde Fire Agate	164
66. Red Cloud Mine Area	166
67. Whipple Mountain Chalcedony	168
68. Big River Agate	170
Region IV
69. Table Mountain Jasper	172
70. Cave Creek Agate and Jasper	174
71. Horseshoe Lake Black Agate	176
72. Sheep Crossing	178
73. Maricopa Green Jasper	180
74. Queen Valley Marble	182
75. Hayden Wulfenite	184
76. Dudleyville Minerals	188
77. Winkelman Fossils	190
78. Copper Country	192
79. Globe Onyx	194
80. Seneca Lake Serpentine	196
81. Black Hills Fire Agate	198
82. Pipeline Road Geodes	200
83. Clifton Fire Agate	202
84. Mule Creek Apache Tears	204
85. Geronimo Trail Geodes	206
86. Carlyle Mine Dumps	208
87. Round Mountain Fire Agate	210
88. Duncan Fire Agate	212
89. Joy Valley Fire Agate	214
90. Granite Gap Fluorescent Minerals	216
91. Gleeson Area Minerals	218
92. Dragoon Marble	220
93. St. David Selenite Clusters	222
94. Highway 90 Fossils	224
95. Carr Canyon Quartz Crystals	226
96. Ash Canyon Crystals	230
97. Providencia Canyon Rhodochrosite	232
98. Patagonia Minerals	236
99. Corral Nuevo Geodes	238
100. Cerro Prieto Wash Marble	240
101. Empire Mountains Travertine	242
102. Helvetia Mining District	244
103. Tucson Fossils	246
104. Saginaw Hill Minerals	248
Appendix A: A Partial List of Annual Arizona Gem Shows	250
Appendix B: Arizona Rockhound and Prospecting Clubs	253
Appendix C: Mineral Museums and Mining Tours	255
Glossary	257
Mineral Locator Index	262