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| Dendrites in the Santa Rita Mountains Higher Resolution Image |  |
| Copper Mineralization in the Huachuca Mountains Higher Resolution Image |  |
| Copper Mineralization in the Huachuca Mountains Higher Resolution Image |  |
| Citrine Geode in the Huachuca Mountains Higher Resolution Image |  |
| Quartz Crystals in the Huachuca Mountains Higher Resolution Image |  |
| Dendrites in the Tucson Mountains Higher Resolution Image |  |
| Quartz Crystals in Paleozoic Limestone Higher Resolution Image |  |
| Quartz Crystal on Cretaceous Limestone Higher Resolution Image |  |
| Quartz Crystals on Cretaceous Limestone Higher Resolution Image |  |
| Quartz Filled Mud Cracks from the CretaceousAmole Arkose Tucson Mountains Higher Resolution Image |  |
| Peacock Ore Near Patagonia |  |
| Patagonia PanoramaFull Image | |
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| Cat Mountain Tuff We had this incorrectly identified as Petrified Wood Source:Desert heat Volcanic Fire by David A. Kring |  |
| Large Caclite Crystal Near Patagonia |  |
| Calcium Carbonate deposit on a canyon wall near Patagonia. Click Here for high Resolution Image |  |
| Another Geode near Patagonia |  |
| A Geode near Patagonia |  |
| Often mistaken for plant fossils, these Dendrites are branching features containing manganese oxides and are found on rock surfaces and in cracks. This photo is from the Tucson Mountains. |  |
| Copper Oxide on rock face in the Tucson Mountains |  |
| Mineshaft In the Tucson Mountains |  |
| Here is a link to see our version of "How a Fossil is Formed. |  |
| Mineshaft Near Patagonia Arizona |  |
| Ore was deposited when the Purple Diorite contacted and pushed against Paleozoic Limestone. Here an ancient Debris flow has been altered by heat and pressure into varying shades of red and yellow. The contact point is clearly visible. |  |
| The Canelo Hills. Jurrasic age felsic to intermediate lava flows interlayered with "Exotic Blocks of Paleozoic Sediments". This view is from the dock at Parker Canyon Lake. | |
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| Safford Peak in the Tucson Mountains. A Mid Tertiary Volcanic neck. Here is a link to our version of how the Tucson mountains came to be. | |
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| A geode in the Tucson Mountains |  |