Collecting Trip to the Hull Mine near Castle Dome, Arizona, July, 1993 Click on the images below to see full size.

Camping at the Hull Mine		Ready to drive down into the Hull Mine
At the 200 foot level of the Hull Mine		Inside the fluorite room
Fourth of July, 1993: Collecting fluorescent calcite and fluorite under a full moon at the Hull Mine, Castle Dome, Arizona		The mine dumps at the Hull Mine contain fluorescent specimens like these: mostly red calcite with blue fluorite.

 

The next day we had to get going very early. We were headed up north to collect zunyite.