Arizona – Sonora Desert Museum: Polly Ann and the Round Rocks – Mineral Collecting and Camping in Southeastern Arizona!

It’s not a rock band; it’s a back-country rockhounding trip. Visit old mines and hard-to-reach sites in the New Mexico borderlands and Dragoon Mountains. There will be three days of mineral collecting at the Polly Ann Mine, the Round Mountain Rockhound Area, Cochise Stonghold and the Ligier Quarry where we will find green fluorite, chalcedony eggs and geodes, marble and blue lace agate. Museum Geology staff sprinkle in geology lessons on mineral veins, vugs, limestone formation, alteration zones, volcanics and granite intrusions. This is camping trip. The first night will be under the stars, on top of a basalt flow; the second will be under the oaks and granite outcrops. Includes transportation and all meals except for the first day’s lunch.