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Pecos Diamonds (Roswell area), NM

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: doubly terminated quartz crystals (Pecos diamonds) in Permian gypsum outcrops

Well-known quartz occurrence along the Pecos River valley, documented by the NM Bureau of Geology.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Heat, remote arroyos, snakes

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