We had a great weekend rockhounding in the desert. Collected some nice copper minerals, lemon opal, & a couple of red emeralds (aka: red beryl or bixbite).

Due to very, very strong winds, I only got to wear my kilt for the first day but we had lots of fun anyway.

Ok, here's some pics from our trip.

Here's a mine shaft out by the old mining town of Joy.

Here's a shot I took while exploring inside a drift tunnel mine.