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Rockhounding Nevada

Rockhounding Nevada

by William A. Kappele

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"A Guide to the State's Best Rockhounding Sites!" This book is a 6" x 9" paperback with 250 pages full of descriptions, maps, and photos. Third edition, revised by Gary Warren.

Rockhounding Nevada
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
ix
About This Book
xi
Introduction - Welcome to Nevada
1
    Finding Your Way
2
    Have a Safe Trip
4
    Rockhound Etiquette
11
    Fluorescence and the Rockhound
13
Sights Along the Way
16
Sixteen Trips for the Intrepid Explorer
30
Map Legend
36
THE SITES
    1. Cold Springs Valley Road: Chrysocolla, Malachite
37
    2. Gas Line Road: Agate
40
    3. Chalcedony Hill: Chalcedony
42
    4. Lahontan Reservoir: Agate
45
    5. Weeks: Selenite
48
    6. Old Highway: Selenite
51
    7. Mason Pass Road A: Azurite
54
    8. Mason Pass Road B: Malachite
57
    9. Mason Pass Road C: Epidote in Granite
60
    10. Eagle Picher Mine Area A: Opalized Wood, Agate, Opalite
62
    11. Eagle Picher Mine Area B: Opalite
65
    12. Eagle Picher Mine Area C: Opalite
66
    13. Eagle Picher Mine Area D: Opalite
67
    14. Coal Canyon Road A: Dendrites
69
    15. Cordero (McDermitt) Mine: Opalite, Sulfur, Cinnabar
71
    16. Agate Hill: Agate
74
    17. Agate Flat: Agate, Petrified Wood
76
    18. Surprise Hill: Wood in Matrix, Mystery Stone
77
    19. Cottonwood Spring: Opalized Wood
80
    20. Opal Wood Hill: Opalized Wood
81
    21. Gopher Holes: Agatized and Opalized Wood
83
    22. Red Tailings: Opalite
85
    23. Picture Stone Pit: Picture Stone
88
    24. Denio: White Quartz
90
    25. Denio Junction: Malachite, Azurite
92
    26. Virgin Valley Turnoff: Apache Tears, Obsidian, Chalcedony
97
    27. Royal Peacock Mine: Precious Opal
100
    28. Rainbow Ridge Opal Mine: Precious Opal
103
    29. Bonanza Opal Mines: Precious Opal
105
    30. Gooch Spring: Obsidian
107
    31. Vya: Obsidian
110
    32. Nellie Spring A: Opalite
112
    33. Nellie Spring B: Opalite
115
    34. Route 34 - Cattle Guard: Obsidian, Apache Tears
117
    35. Route 34 - Road Cut: Chalcedony, Agate, Obsidian
119
    36. Route 34 - Rhyolite Castle: Obsidian
121
    37. Route 34 - Obsidian Hill: Obsidian
123
    38. Route 34 - Lost Creek Road: Obsidian
124
    39. Pioche: Calcite Crystals
125
    40. Major's Place: Calcite
128
    41. Garnet Hill: Garnets
130
    42. Jackpot: Onyx
132
    43. Bogwood: Opalized Wood
136
    44. Texas Spring: Petrified Wood
138
    45. Contact: Malachite, Chrysocolla
140
    46. Tuscarora: Calcite Crystals
143
    47. Ferdelford Canyon: Fossils
146
    48. Black Shale Hill: Fossils
148
    49. Yellow Mountain: Wonderstone
151
    50. Wonderstone Mountain A: Wonderstone
154
    51. Wonderstone Mountain B: Wonderstone
156
    52. Wonderstone Mountain C: Wonderstone
157
    53. Wonderstone Mountain D: Wonderstone
158
    54. Wonderstone Mountain E: Wonderstone
159
    55. Green Mountain: Wonderstone, Green Rhyolite
160
    56. Quartz Mountain: Minerals and Petrified Wood
162
    57. Broken Hills Mine: Quartz Crystals, Petrified Wood
165
    58. Kaiser Mine Road: Jasper, Agate
167
    59. Kaiser Mine: Fluorite
169
    60. North of Gabbs A: Jasper
170
    61. North of Gabbs B: Jasper, Petrified Wood
171
    62. Kernick Mine: Selenite
172
    63. Luning A: Malachite, Azurite
175
    64. Luning B: Malachite, Azurite
177
    65. Luning C: Malachite, Azurite
179
    66. Coaldale: White Quartz, Selenite
181
    67. The Sump (Upper): Wood Casts
183
    68. The Sump (Lower): Petrified Wood
186
    69. Fish Lake Valley: Apache Tears
188
    70. Blair Junction: Petrified Wood
190
    71. Badlands: Agate, Wood, Chalcedony
192
    72. Crow Springs A: Apache Tears, Obsidian, Petrified Wood
194
    73. Crow Springs B: Apache Tears, Perlite
197
    74. Crow Springs C: Petrified Wood, Apache Tears
199
    75. Gabbs Pole Line Road: Plant Fossils
200
    76. Tonopah A: Agate
202
    77. Tonopah B: Agate
204
    78. Tonopah C: Agate
206
    79. Lida Junction A: Chalcedony
208
    80. Lida Junction B: Fluorescent Chalcedony, Opalite
210
    81. Lida Junction C: Fluorescent Chalcedony
212
    82. Stonewall Pass A: Petrified Wood, Chalcedony
214
    83. Stonewall Pass B: Wood Casts, Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper
217
    84. Scotty's Junction: Chalcedony, Apache Tears, Pumice
218
    85. Beatty: Fluorescent Chalcedony
221
    86. Carrara A: Blue-Gray Quartz
223
    87. Carrara B: Phyllite, Blue-Gray Quartz
225
    88. Carrara C: White Quartz, Marble, Blue-Gray Quartz
227
    89. Carrara D: Marble
228
    90. Valley of Fire A: Wonderstone
231
    91. Valley of Fire B: Chalcedony
234
   
    Appendix A: Sources for Maps
235
    Appendix B: Glossary
240
    Index
244
    About the Authors
251


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