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