Mineral Photos from the Field

Smokey quartz from Riverside County, CA

Serpentine from Jade Cove in Big Sur, California

Large, hexagonal corundum crystal from San Bernadino County, CA

Excellent crystal of epidote from Riverside County, CA

Large beryl crystal found in the Hualapai Mountains in Arizona

Lapis lazuli from the San Gabriel Mountains in California

Glassy phenocryst of olivine in (probably) hawaiite from Hawaii

Cobble of ilmenite and magnetite from the San Gabriel Mountains in California

A large, sharp crystal of potassium feldspar from the Mojave Desert, CA

Pink corundum crystal from the San Gabriel Mountains in California

Black tourmaline crystal from Riverside County, CA

Intergrowth of feldspar, quartz, tourmaline in pegmatite from Riverside County, CA

Lepidolite and elbaite, Tourmaline King Mine, San Diego County, CA