Gem Trails of New Mexico
by James R. Mitchell
Gem Trails of New Mexico
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| New Mexico Collecting Sites |
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| New Mexico 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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| New Mexico Geology |
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| Mining History |
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| "The Land of Enchantment" |
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| About the Collecting Sites |
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| Rockhound Rules |
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| Collecting Sites | |
| 1. Thoreau Petrified Wood |
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| 2. Grants Apache Tears and Minerals |
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| 3. San Rafael Fluorite |
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| 4. Rio Puerco Cutting Minerals |
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| 5. Apache Creek Agate |
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| 6. Luna Agate and Crystals |
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| 7. Red Hill Agate and Jasper |
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| 8. Quemado Minerals |
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| 9. Negrito Springs Agate |
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| 10. Largo Canyon Agate |
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| 11. Highway 12 Agate |
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| 12. Sand Canyon Agate |
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| 13. Tularosa Agate |
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| 14. South of Magdalena Minerals |
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| 15. North of Magdalena Minerals |
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| 16. Riley Minerals and Fossils |
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| 17. Bernardo Cutting Minerals |
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| 18. Socorro Minerals |
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| 19. Socorro Fossils |
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| 20. Gonzales Mine Minerals and Fossils |
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| 21. Lorenzo Arroyo Minerals |
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| 22. Chupadera Mountain Minerals |
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| 23. Chavez Canyon Nodules |
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| 24. Carthage Fossils |
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| 25. Peralta Canyon Rhyolite and Obsidian |
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| 26. Cerrillos Hills Fossils |
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| 27. Madrid Coal Specimens |
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| 28. Galisteo Jasper |
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| 29. Sandia Crest Fossils and Minerals |
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| 30. Coyote Agate |
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| 31. Gallina Alabaster |
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| 32. Gallina Agate |
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| 33. Cuba Southeast Minerals |
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| 34. Cuba Southwest Petrified Wood |
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| 35. Los Lunas Agate, Jasper and Wood |
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| 36. Petaca Pegmatites |
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| 37. Jemez Mountain Minerals |
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| 38. Abiquiu Agate |
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| 39. Pedernal Peak Agate |
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| 40. Nageezi Jasper, Wood and Barite |
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| 41. Blanco Cutting Minerals |
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| 42. Red Lake Peridot and Garnet |
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| 43. Farmington Minerals and Fossils |
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| 44. La Madera Minerals |
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| 45. Jemez Fossils and Sulfur |
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| 46. La Cueva Obsidian |
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| 47. Dixon Pegmatite Minerals |
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| 48. Taos Staurolite |
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| 49. Mt. Wheeler Minerals |
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| 50. Red River Pass Feldspar |
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| 51. Cimmarron Canyon Jasper |
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| 52. Bartlett Mesa Leaf Fossils |
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| 53. Raton Fossils |
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| 54. Canadian River Marine Fossils |
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| 55. Guy Agate Field |
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| Hints for Collecting Minerals |
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| Color Photo Insert |
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| Hints for Collecting Gem Materials |
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| 56. Cebolla Pass Minerals |
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| 57. Las Vegas Fossils |
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| 58. Pecos Fossils |
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| 59. Terrero Minerals |
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| 60. Willard Halite |
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| 61. Corona Calcite and Quartz |
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| 62. Jicarilla Minerals |
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| 63. Red Cloud Canyon Minerals |
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| 64. Hoot Owl Canyon Minerals |
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| 65. Hansonburg Minerals |
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| 66. Revuelto Creek Petrified Wood |
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| 67. Tucumcari Tumbling Stones |
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| 68. Santa Rosa Minerals and Fossils |
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| 69. Guadalupe Minerals |
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| 70. Sumner Lake Cutting Minerals |
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| 71. Gage Quarries and Minerals |
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| 72. Deming Agate |
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| 73. Hermanas Agate Nodules |
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| 74. Hachita Minerals |
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| 75. Apache Mine Copper Ores |
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| 76. Playas Lake Agate, Jasper and Chalcedony |
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| 77. Geronimo Trail Geodes |
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| 78. Rodeo Minerals |
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| 79. Granite Gap Fluorescent Minerals |
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| 80. Kingston Crystals |
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| 81. Rabb Park Moonstone |
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| 82. Silver City Minerals |
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| 83. Ash Creek Minerals |
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| 84. Moore Canyon Agate and Wood |
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| 85. Hoodoo Canyon Minerals |
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| 86. Silver City South |
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| 87. Lake Valley Agate |
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| 88. Truth or Consequences Candy Rock |
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| 89. Cookes Peak Carnelian |
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| 90. Fluorite Ridge Minerals |
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| 91. Radium Springs Onyx |
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| 92. Mule Creek Apache Tears |
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| 93. Pueblo Campground Labradorite |
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| 94. Mogollon Minerals |
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| 95. Bear Mountain Fossils |
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| 96. Pinos Altos Cutting Materials, Minerals and Fossils |
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| 97. Rockhound State Park Minerals |
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| 98. Shakespeare Mineral Specimens |
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| 99. Engle Agate and Wood |
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| 100. Aleman Carnelian |
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| 101. Upham Road Cutting Materials |
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| 102. Rincon Jasper and Coal |
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| 103. Rincon Barite |
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| 104. Kilbourne Hole Peridot |
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| 105. Hatch Chalcedony and Opal |
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| 106. Bonito Lake Minerals |
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| 107. Capitan Fossils |
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| 108. Dunken Calcite and Fossiliferous Limestone |
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| 109. Roswell Crystals |
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| 110. Roswell Selenite |
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| 111. Rio Felix Agate |
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| 112. Hagerman Agate |
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| 113. Hobbs Caliche |
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| 114. Lovington Caliche |
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| 115. Cloudcroft Fossils |
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| 116. Orogrande Minerals |
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| 117. Pyramid Peak Fluorite |
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| 118. Franklin Mountains Minerals |
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| Appendix A - New Mexico Gem and Mineral Societies |
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| Appendix B - Museums |
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| Appendix C - Places of Geologic Interest |
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| Glossary |
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| Mineral Locator Index |
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