Where early prospectors mistook red garnets for the gem mineral ruby probably wishful thinking.
Ruby mountain colorado garnets.
Ruby mountain colorado is not the only place in the u.
The range reaches a maximum elevation of 11 387 feet 3 471 m on the summit of ruby dome.
Ruby mountain adventure no rubies topaz or garnets but a fantastic time hiking with my son and collecting apache tears in perlite during an august 2015 trip to colorado.
Although the upper portion of ruby mountain is rhyolitic the base is a repository for masses of glassy perlite.
To the north is secret pass and the east humboldt range and from there the.
Ruby mountain whether it was named for its coloration or for what miners found or hoped to find around it is a striking peak.
Garnet and topaz specimens can be found by sorting the talus rock at the base of the cliffs.
A view from near the top looking northwest.
The ruby mountains in nevada arguably the most spectacular range in the state came across their name in a similar fashion.
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