Rockhounding California
by Gail A. Butler
Rockhounding California
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| Acknowledgments |
ix
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| Preface |
xi
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| Introduction |
1
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| The Landscape |
1
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| Earthquake Country |
5
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| Sites to See |
6
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| California Wildlife |
10
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| Desert Travel |
10
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| California's Mineral Highlights |
11
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| Legends and Lore of Gems and Minerals |
14
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| Rockhound's Vocabulary |
15
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| Rockhound Rules |
18
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| Rockhound Access to Commercial Mines |
21
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| How to Use This Guide |
22
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| Map Legend |
24
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| Rockhounding Sites in Southern California | |
| 1. Fire Agate at Opal Hill Mine |
25
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| 2. Pebble Terrace |
28
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| 3. Black and Paisley Agate |
30
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| 4. Crystal-Filled Amygdules |
33
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| 5. Hauser Geode Beds |
36
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| 6. Psilomelane Near Wileys Well |
39
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| 7. Chalcedony Rose Garden and Grossular Crystals at Augustine Pass |
42
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| 8. Chuckwalla Well Agate and Jasper |
44
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| 9. Psilomelane at Arlington Mine |
46
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| 10. Orocopia Bloodstone |
49
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| 11. Orocopia Fluorspar |
51
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| 12. Big River Botryoidal Chalcedony with Drusy Quartz, Jasper, and Agate |
53
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| 13. Turtle Mountains Snowy Chalcedony Roses |
56
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| 14. Lake Havasu Agate |
59
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| 15. Dendritic White Opalite at Goffs |
61
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| 16. Danby Opalite and Agate |
64
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| 17. Fossil Trilobites and Marble at Cadiz |
66
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| 18. Marble Mountains Garnet and Hematite |
68
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| 19. Kelbaker Road Nodules and Chalcedony |
70
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| 20. Providence Mountains Iron Minerals |
72
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| 21. Old Camp Carnelian and Chalcedony Roses |
74
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| 22. Ludlow Gems |
76
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| 23. West of Ludlow Chalcedony, Calcite, and More |
79
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| 24. Hector Agates and Jasper |
81
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| 25. Pisgah Crater Volcanic Adventure |
84
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| 26. Lavic Siding Jasper and Agate |
87
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| 27. West of Hector Blue Chalcedony, Jasper, and Agate |
89
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| 28. Newberry Nodules |
91
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| 29. Orbicular Rhyolite at Grandview Mine |
93
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| 30. Marble Quarry off Stoddard Wells Road |
95
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| 31. Opal Mountain Opal and Agate |
98
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| 32. Onyx and Borate Minerals in Mule Canyon |
101
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| 33. Hilltop Agate and Jasper at Mineola Road |
104
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| 34. Alvord Mine Copper Minerals and Calcite |
106
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| 35. Field Road Agates |
108
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| 36. Afton Canyon Collectibles |
111
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| 37. Turquoise at Old Toltec Mine |
114
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| 38. Clark Mountain Copper and Lead Minerals |
116
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| 39. Old Zabriskie Station Precious Opal |
118
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| 40. Sperry Wash Fossils, Petrified Wood, and Agate |
121
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| 41. Gem Hill Agate, Rhyolite, and Common Opal |
123
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| 42. San Gabriel River Gold |
126
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| 43. Wrightwood Actinolite |
129
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| 44. In-Ko-Pah Asterated Quartz and Moonstone Feldspar |
131
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| 45. Coyote Mountains Fossils and More |
133
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| Rockhounding Sites in Coastal California | |
| 46. Patrick's Point Beach Agates |
135
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| 47. Agate Beach Jasper, Agate, and Petrified Wood |
137
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| 48. Beach-Washed Jade and Actinolite at Jade Cove |
140
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| 49. Moonstone Beach |
143
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| 50. Jalama Beach Agate and Marcasite |
146
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| 51. Gaviota Beach Minerals |
149
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| 52. Southern Coast Beachcombing |
151
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| 53. Palos Verdes Beach Barite Crystals |
153
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| Rockhounding Sites in Northern California | |
| 54. Anderson Lake Agate and Jasper |
156
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| 55. Mother Lode Mariposite |
158
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| 56. Eureka Valley Smoky Quartz Crystals |
160
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| 57. Peterson Mountain Quartz Crystals |
163
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| 58. Antelope Lake Rose Quartz |
166
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| 59. Taylorville Fossils |
169
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| 60. Buck's Lake Serpentine |
171
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| 61. Pulga Californite in Serpentine |
173
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| 62. Feather River Gold |
175
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| 63. Feather River Serpentine |
177
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| 64. Willard Creek Agate and Jasper |
179
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| 65. Susanville Agates and Petrified Wood |
181
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| 66. Cedarville Petrified Wood |
184
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| 67. Davis Creek Obsidian Varieties |
187
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| 68. Lassen Creek Rainbow and Green-Sheen Obsidian |
192
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| 69. Shasta Area Copper Minerals |
194
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| 70. Eel River Jade and Crocidolite |
196
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| 71. Colorful Jasper and Jade Near Covelo |
198
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| 72. Hearst Collectibles |
200
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| 73. Black Butte Reservoir Showy Jasper |
202
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| 74. Goat Mountain Moss Agate |
205
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| Appendix A: Sources Used for This Guide |
208
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| Appendix B: Further Reading and Information |
209
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| Appendix C: Rockhound Clubs and Organizations |
210
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| Index |
219
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| About the Author |
227
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| About the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies |
228
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