Gem Trails of Texas
by Brad L. Cross
Gem Trails of Texas
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| Introduction |
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| Hints for Collecting Minerals |
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| Hints for Collecting Gem Materials |
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| Rockhound Rules |
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| Code of Ethics |
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| Map Legend |
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| Texas Locator Map |
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| Key Sites to Locator Map |
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| Region I - Trans - Pecos - West Texas | |
| Introduction |
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| Map |
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| Site 1. Franklin Mountains - El Paso |
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| Site 2. Fossils and Flint - Hueco Mountain Area |
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| Site 3. Kilbourne Hole |
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| Site 4. Allamoore Talc Mines |
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| Site 5. Marfa Agate |
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| What is an Agate? |
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| Site 6. Balmorhea Blue Agate |
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| Site 7. Agate - Toyah Area |
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| Site 8. Woodward Ranch |
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| Site 9. Agate - Ritchie Ranch (Alpine) |
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| Site 10. Agate - Stillwell Ranch |
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| Site 11. Terlingua Minerals |
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| Site 12. Jasper - Marathon Area |
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| Site 13. Pom Pom Agate - Needle Peak |
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| Region II - Central Texas | |
| Introduction |
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| Map |
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| Site 14. Topaz and Smokey Quartz - Katemcy Creek |
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| Site 15. Topaz - Wayne Hofmann Ranch |
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| Site 16. Topaz - Garner Sequist Ranch |
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| Site 17. Llanite |
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| Site 18. Granite - Burnet County |
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| What is a Geode? |
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| Color Photo Insert |
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| Site 19. Crinoids - San Saba Area |
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| Site 20. Dinosaur Valley State Park |
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| Site 21. Fossils - KLT's Knob Hill Ranch |
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| Site 22. Proctor Lake |
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| Site 23. Fossiliferous Limestone - Coryell County |
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| Site 24. Cleburne Fossils |
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| Site 25. Celestite - Lampasas County |
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| Region III - Panhandle - The High Plains | |
| Introduction |
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| Map |
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| Site 26. Colored Fling - Lake McClellan |
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| Site 27. Lake Mackenzie |
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| Site 28. Dolomite |
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| Site 29. Alabaster |
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| Region IV - North Texas | |
| Introduction |
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| Map |
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| 30. Fossils - Bridgeport Area |
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| 31. Fossils - North Sulphur River |
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| 32. Alvord Pyrite |
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| 33. Fossils - Cisco Area |
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| 34. Hematite - Possum Kingdom Lake |
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| 35. Colorful Conglomerates |
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| Region V - Southeast Texas | |
| Introduction |
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| Map |
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| 36. Clay Concretions |
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| 37. Tektites - Dime Box Area |
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| 38. Livingston Area |
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| 39. Brazos River Wood |
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| 40. Tektites and Bediasites - Bedias, Grimes County |
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| 41. Wood and Jasper - Trinity / Crockett Area |
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| 42. Petrified Palm Wood - Crockett Area |
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| 43. Petrified Palm Wood - Toledo Bend Reservoir |
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| What is Petrified Wood? |
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| 44. Petrified Wood - Lake Sam Rayburn |
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| 45. Fossils - Whisky Ridge |
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| 46. Petrified Wood - Giddings / La Grange Area |
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| 47. Petrified Wood - Somerville / Lyons Area |
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| Region VI - Southwest Texas | |
| Introduction |
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| Map |
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| 48. Moss Agate - Rio Grande Valley |
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| 49. Agate - Bob's Nob Area |
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| 50. Agate - Sullivan City |
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| 51. Petrified Wood - Frio River Area |
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| 52. Wood and Agate - Choke Canyon Reservoir |
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| Appendices | |
| Appendix A - Gem and Mineral Societies in Texas |
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| Appendix B - Museums |
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| Appendix C - Maps and Information |
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| Appendix D - Stars of Texas (Places of Geological Interest) |
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| Glossary |
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| Mineral Locator Index |
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