Prickly Poppy

Southwestern Prickly Poppy blooms in Las Cienegas NCA. (Argemone Pleiacantha)

Esoterizona Stones 9

Fluorescent Minerals

Calcite (red) and aragonite (green). Shortwave UV and white light. (Santa Cruz County)

The bright green color is activated by the presence of uranium. (Santa Cruz County)

Closeup of calcite. (Santa Cruz County)

A glimmer of aragonite on a white-blue fluorescent background. (Santa Cruz County)

Esoterizona Stones 8

 

"Bladed" calcite crystals on limestone matrix. (Santa Cruz County)

Hematite in botryoidal form. (Santa Cruz County)

Malachite formations on quartz. (Pinal County)

Bloom Time 2

Echinopsis spp. (var. robinsoniana)

Mine Warp

Reinforced mine portal with bat gate, Tyndall mining district. (Santa Cruz County)

Esoterizona Stones 7

Wulfenite (Pinal County)

Crystal formation on granite matrix (Pinal County)

Chalcopyrite (Pima County)

Car Wash