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Rocks and Minerals

Rocks and Minerals

Photographs and information about various interesting rocks and minerals, many of which are from mineral-rich southern Arizona. Southern Arizona has a number of current and former large copper mines as well as many other types of smaller mines and prospects, many of which are now inactive. There are also several limestone caves here as well.

  • Banded Gneiss in Sabino Canyon
  • Bush in a Rock
  • Galena
  • Hemimorphite
  • Kinoite
  • Limestone
  • Slag
  • Wulfenite
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