Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Goethite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Botryoidal goethite on a jasperoid (possibly rhyolite) 21cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Psilomelane

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Quartz crystals on psilomelane (possible pyrolusite) on matrix. Many of the quartz crystals have a second generation of quartz in cactus habit. Overall 9cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A black chalcedony band 10 cm long. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Goethite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Botryoidal goethite on matrix. 19cm wide. Rockpick Legend Co. Specimen & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Calcite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Very clear "spherical" calcite crystals on matrix. Overall 16.5cm. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Calcite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Stacks of calcite crystals 10cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A chalcedony rose 6cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Tiemannite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Width of field 2.5 mm. Collection of Jesse Crawford. Compositing software: CombineZP. Equipment: Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope.

© 2008 by Jesse Crawford

Psilomelane

Blackbird Mine, Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A thick coating of psilomelane on matrix. The glitter is from a thin coating of druzy quartz. 14cm wide. Rockpick Legend Co. Specimen & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Quartz

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Clusters of small quartz crystal on matrix. 17cm tall. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A chalcedony rose with a ring of small quartz crystals around the outer edge. Some of the quartz crystals are hoppered (hollowed) down the "c" axis. 7.5cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Chalcedony beds, Dry Canyon, Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A chalcedony "rose" or "flower" shown both in white light and shortwave light. Collected and photographed by Rick Dalrymple.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Calcite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A crystal cleavage 5.5cm wide. It fluoresces pink similar to mangano-calcite. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Calcite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Two crystals showing unusual phantoms fluorescent pink. 8cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Calcite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A cluster of dull calcite crystals with pink phantoms 8cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Chalcedony beds, Dry Canyon, Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A chalcedony "flower" shown under both white and shortwave light. Collected and photographed by Rick Dalrymple.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Chalcedony beds, Dry Canyon, Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Bubbly chalcedony shown under both white light and shortwave light. Collected and photographed by Rick Dalrymple.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Xenoliths

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Silicified rhyolite xenoliths in rhyolite-an ignimbrite. Hammer for scale. Taken by Rick Dalrymple 5-13-11.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Gold Prospect

Tibadore Gold Mine, Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

This, and a couple of small workings around the corner, were small gold prospect operated by the Tibadeau family. The never produced enough to keep it operating. Taken by Rick Dalrymple 5-13-11.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

The Blackbird mine and dump

Blackbird Mine, Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

The Blackbird mine and dump. The road to the mine is accessible by ATV but not a small pickup. Taken 4-25-14 by Rick Dalrymple.

© Rick Dalrymple and Rockpick Legend Co.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A black chalcedony band 10 cm long. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Goethite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Botryoidal goethite on a jasperoid (possibly rhyolite) 21cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Psilomelane

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Quartz crystals on psilomelane (possible pyrolusite) on matrix. Many of the quartz crystals have a second generation of quartz in cactus habit. Overall 9cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Goethite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Botryoidal goethite on matrix. 19cm wide. Rockpick Legend Co. Specimen & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Calcite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Very clear "spherical" calcite crystals on matrix. Overall 16.5cm. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Calcite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Stacks of calcite crystals 10cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Psilomelane

Blackbird Mine, Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A thick coating of psilomelane on matrix. The glitter is from a thin coating of druzy quartz. 14cm wide. Rockpick Legend Co. Specimen & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A chalcedony rose 6cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Tiemannite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Width of field 2.5 mm. Collection of Jesse Crawford. Compositing software: CombineZP. Equipment: Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope.

© 2008 by Jesse Crawford

Quartz

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Clusters of small quartz crystal on matrix. 17cm tall. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A chalcedony rose with a ring of small quartz crystals around the outer edge. Some of the quartz crystals are hoppered (hollowed) down the "c" axis. 7.5cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Chalcedony beds, Dry Canyon, Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A chalcedony "rose" or "flower" shown both in white light and shortwave light. Collected and photographed by Rick Dalrymple.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Calcite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A cluster of dull calcite crystals with pink phantoms 8cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Calcite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A crystal cleavage 5.5cm wide. It fluoresces pink similar to mangano-calcite. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Calcite

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Two crystals showing unusual phantoms fluorescent pink. 8cm wide. Rick Dalrymple Collection & Adrienne McElwain Photo.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Chalcedony beds, Dry Canyon, Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

A chalcedony "flower" shown under both white and shortwave light. Collected and photographed by Rick Dalrymple.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Chalcedony beds, Dry Canyon, Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Bubbly chalcedony shown under both white light and shortwave light. Collected and photographed by Rick Dalrymple.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Xenoliths

Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

Silicified rhyolite xenoliths in rhyolite-an ignimbrite. Hammer for scale. Taken by Rick Dalrymple 5-13-11.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

Gold Prospect

Tibadore Gold Mine, Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

This, and a couple of small workings around the corner, were small gold prospect operated by the Tibadeau family. The never produced enough to keep it operating. Taken by Rick Dalrymple 5-13-11.

© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple

The Blackbird mine and dump

Blackbird Mine, Monroe Mountains, Piute County, Utah, USA

The Blackbird mine and dump. The road to the mine is accessible by ATV but not a small pickup. Taken 4-25-14 by Rick Dalrymple.

© Rick Dalrymple and Rockpick Legend Co.