Gem Trails of New Mexico

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 280 pages. Ninth edition.

Gem Trails of New MexicoTable of Contents
New Mexico Collecting Sites	6
New Mexico Site Locator Map	7
Map Legend	8
Forward	9
Summary of Basic Rockhounding Rules and Regulations	10
Introduction	12
Mineral Highlights	12
New Mexico Geology	14
Mining History	14
"The Land of Enchantment"	15
About the Collecting Sites	15
Rockhound Rules	17
Collecting Sites
1. Thoreau Petrified Wood	18
2. Grants Apache Tears and Minerals	20
3. San Rafael Fluorite	22
4. Rio Puerco Cutting Minerals	24
5. Apache Creek Agate	26
6. Luna Agate and Crystals	28
7. Red Hill Agate and Jasper	30
8. Quemado Minerals	32
9. Negrito Springs Agate	34
10. Largo Canyon Agate	36
11. Highway 12 Agate	38
12. Sand Canyon Agate	40
13. Tularosa Agate	42
14. South of Magdalena Minerals	44
15. North of Magdalena Minerals	46
16. Riley Minerals and Fossils	48
17. Bernardo Cutting Minerals	50
18. Socorro Minerals	52
19. Socorro Fossils	54
20. Gonzales Mine Minerals and Fossils	56
21. Lorenzo Arroyo Minerals	58
22. Chupadera Mountain Minerals	60
23. Chavez Canyon Nodules	62
24. Carthage Fossils	64
25. Peralta Canyon Rhyolite and Obsidian	66
26. Cerrillos Hills Fossils	68
27. Madrid Coal Specimens	70
28. Galisteo Jasper	72
29. Sandia Crest Fossils and Minerals	74
30. Coyote Agate	76
31. Gallina Alabaster	78
32. Gallina Agate	80
33. Cuba Southeast Minerals	82
34. Cuba Southwest Petrified Wood	84
35. Los Lunas Agate, Jasper and Wood	86
36. Petaca Pegmatites	88
37. Jemez Mountain Minerals	90
38. Abiquiu Agate	92
39. Pedernal Peak Agate	94
40. Nageezi Jasper, Wood and Barite	96
41. Blanco Cutting Minerals	98
42. Red Lake Peridot and Garnet	100
43. Farmington Minerals and Fossils	102
44. La Madera Minerals	104
45. Jemez Fossils and Sulfur	106
46. La Cueva Obsidian	108
47. Dixon Pegmatite Minerals	110
48. Taos Staurolite	112
49. Mt. Wheeler Minerals	114
50. Red River Pass Feldspar	116
51. Cimmarron Canyon Jasper	118
52. Bartlett Mesa Leaf Fossils	120
53. Raton Fossils	122
54. Canadian River Marine Fossils	124
55. Guy Agate Field	126
Hints for Collecting Minerals	128
Color Photo Insert	129
Hints for Collecting Gem Materials	137
56. Cebolla Pass Minerals	138
57. Las Vegas Fossils	140
58. Pecos Fossils	142
59. Terrero Minerals	144
60. Willard Halite	146
61. Corona Calcite and Quartz	148
62. Jicarilla Minerals	150
63. Red Cloud Canyon Minerals	152
64. Hoot Owl Canyon Minerals	154
65. Hansonburg Minerals	156
66. Revuelto Creek Petrified Wood	158
67. Tucumcari Tumbling Stones	160
68. Santa Rosa Minerals and Fossils	162
69. Guadalupe Minerals	164
70. Sumner Lake Cutting Minerals	166
71. Gage Quarries and Minerals	168
72. Deming Agate	170
73. Hermanas Agate Nodules	172
74. Hachita Minerals	174
75. Apache Mine Copper Ores	176
76. Playas Lake Agate, Jasper and Chalcedony	178
77. Geronimo Trail Geodes	180
78. Rodeo Minerals	182
79. Granite Gap Fluorescent Minerals	184
80. Kingston Crystals	186
81. Rabb Park Moonstone	188
82. Silver City Minerals	190
83. Ash Creek Minerals	192
84. Moore Canyon Agate and Wood	194
85. Hoodoo Canyon Minerals	196
86. Silver City South	198
87. Lake Valley Agate	200
88. Truth or Consequences Candy Rock	202
89. Cookes Peak Carnelian	204
90. Fluorite Ridge Minerals	206
91. Radium Springs Onyx	208
92. Mule Creek Apache Tears	210
93. Pueblo Campground Labradorite	212
94. Mogollon Minerals	214
95. Bear Mountain Fossils	216
96. Pinos Altos Cutting Materials, Minerals and Fossils	218
97. Rockhound State Park Minerals	220
98. Shakespeare Mineral Specimens	222
99. Engle Agate and Wood	224
100. Aleman Carnelian	226
101. Upham Road Cutting Materials	228
102. Rincon Jasper and Coal	230
103. Rincon Barite	232
104. Kilbourne Hole Peridot	234
105. Hatch Chalcedony and Opal	236
106. Bonito Lake Minerals	238
107. Capitan Fossils	240
108. Dunken Calcite and Fossiliferous Limestone	242
109. Roswell Crystals	244
110. Roswell Selenite	246
111. Rio Felix Agate	248
112. Hagerman Agate	250
113. Hobbs Caliche	252
114. Lovington Caliche	254
115. Cloudcroft Fossils	256
116. Orogrande Minerals	258
117. Pyramid Peak Fluorite	260
118. Franklin Mountains Minerals	262
Appendix A - New Mexico Gem and Mineral Societies	264
Appendix B - Museums	265
Appendix C - Places of Geologic Interest	266
Glossary	267
Mineral Locator Index	275