Rockhounding New Mexico

"A field guide to some of the state's best rockhounding sites!" This book is a 6" x 9" paperback with 260 pages, descriptions, maps, and photos.

Rockhounding New MexicoTable of Contents
Acknowledgments	xii
Introduction	1
How to Use This Book	2
Hazards and Precautions	2
Where You Are Allowed to Collect	8
Rockhounding Ethics	9
NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO
1. Bisti Badlands	13
2. Split Lip Flats	15
3. Nageezi	17
4. Cuba Petrified Wood	19
5. Cuba Minerals	20
6. Gallina Agate	21
7. Gallina Alabaster	22
8. Coyote	23
9. Pedernal Peak	24
10. Abiquiu Dam	26
11. Jemez Springs	28
12. Soda Dam	29
13. Jemez Canyon	30
14. Jemez Plateau Alabaster	31
15. Jemez Plateau Obsidian and Moonstone	32
16. U.S. Highway 84 Road Cut (Mile 5.9)	34
17. La Madera Calcite	35
18. La Madera Zeolites	37
19. La Madera Pegmatite	38
20. Highway 519 Agate	39
21. Petaca Pegmatite Mines	40
22. Tres Piedras	42
23. Crownpoint	44
24. Thoreau	45
25. Grants Ridge	46
26. El Malpais National Monument	47
27. Rio Puerco Zeolites and Calcite Crystals	48
28. Rio Puerco Agate and Jasper	49
29. Albuquerque, 98th Street	51
30. Los Lunas	52
NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
31. Questa	57
32. Red River	58
33. Highway 38 Lepidolite	60
34. U.S. Highway 64 Rhyolite	61
35. Raton	62
36. Capulin Volcano National Monument	63
37. Clayton Lake State Park	64
38. Harding Pegmatite Mine	65
39. Picuris Mountains	67
40. Pecos	69
41. Terrero (Pecos) Mine	71
42. Rociada	72
43. Mora	75
44. Storrie Lake	76
45. Sandia Crest	77
46. Madrid	79
47. Los Cerrillos Fossils	82
48. Los Cerrillos Turquoise	83
49. Galisteo	84
50. Laguna de Perro	85
51. Sumner Lake	87
52. Santa Rosa	88
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
53. Red Cloud Mines	91
54. Highway 42 Crystals	94
55. Ancho Gulch	95
56. Valley of Fires State Recreation Area	97
57. Lincoln County	98
58. Picacho	99
59. Roswell Pecos Diamonds	100
60. Roswell Selenite	103
61. Dexter	104
62. Rio Felix	105
63. East of Hagerman	106
64. West of Hope	107
65. U.S. Highway 82 Road Cut Fossils	108
66. Artesia	109
67. Carlsbad Caverns National Park	111
68. Eddy County	112
SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO
69. Red Hill	115
70. U.S. Highway 60 Wood	118
71. Zuni Salt Lake Fossils	119
72. Zuni Salt Lake Halite	120
73. Zuni Salt Lake Quartzite and Jasper	122
74. Cimarron Mesa	123
75. Silver Hill	124
76. Bear Mountains	127
77. Riley	128
78. Contreras	130
79. San Lorenzo Arroyo	131
80. Lemitar Mine	133
81. Socorro	135
82. Socorro Peak Mining District	137
83. Luis Lopez Manganese District	138
84. Chupadera Mountains	140
85. Chavez Canyon	141
86. Magdalena Nitt and North Graphic Mines	144
87. Kelly Mine	145
88. Highway 52 Agate	146
89. San Francisco River Agate	147
90. North of Luna	148
91. Largo Canyon	149
92. Lee Russell Canyon	151
93. Highway 32 Material	152
94. Sand Canyon	153
95. Leggett Peak	154
96. Frisco	156
97. 22 Mile Wash	158
98. Pueblo Campground	159
99. Mogollon Road	160
100. Mogollon	162
101. Highway 78 Agate	163
102. State Line Zeolites	164
103. State Line Chalcedony	166
104. Mule Creek	167
105. Little Bear Canyon	168
106. Gila River	171
107. Copperas Peak	173
108. Meerschaum Mining Area	175
109. Bear Mountain Fossils	176
110. Hanover-Fierro Mining Area	179
111. Rabb Canyon	180
112. Kingston	182
113. Chloride Mine	183
114. Truth or Consequences	186
115. Jornada Lakes	188
116. Engle	189
117. Point of Rocks	190
118. Rincon Barite Quarry	192
119. Rincon Jasper and Agate	193
120. Rincon Fossils	194
121. Border Chalcedony	195
122. Round Mountain	197
123. Fuller Road Chalcedony	198
124. Pine Canyon	199
125. Highway 90 Dendrites	201
126. Gold Hill	203
127. Shakespeare	205
128. Cookes Peak	207
129. Deming Picture Rock and Fluorite	210
130. Fluorite Ridge	211
131. Paradise	212
132. San Simon Mine	214
133. Animas	215
134. Hachita	217
135. Old Hachita Mine	220
136. Apache Mining District - Apache Mine #2	221
137. Victorio Mining District	223
138. Deming Mines	224
139. Rockhound State Park	226
140. Kilbourne Hole	227
Appendix A: Glossary	230
Appendix B: Land Managers and Government Offices	234
Appendix C: Special Attractions	240
Appendix D: New Mexico Gem and Mineral Societies	245
Appendix E: Additional Sites	246
Index	249
About the Authors	259