Hunting and Finding Pecos Diamond Quartz Crystals from New Mexico 

Pecos diamonds are odd little quartz crystal formations, mostly with double terminations and weird twinning and overgrowth. They are also very sparkly. This area is near Roswell, NM and, by using "the Eye", we stopped right at a very productive area right away and got to picking. It was a beautiful, sunny January day, with zero wind - one of the reasons New Mexico is so special. Of course, the very next day, all heck broke loose and the winds were gusting above 60 mph. I saw some VERY large Pecos diamonds at the Tucson mineral shows, up on the north end of town somewhere, last year - some Las Cruces guy had obviously "cracked the code" on finding the whoppers. Our little find this trip was a good starter - we will be back for more.