Rocks are all around us. They make up the backbones of hills and mountains and the foundations of plains and valleys. Beneath the soil you walk on and the deep layers of soft mud that cover the ocean basins is a basement of hard rock and minerals. Below is a listing of the many factors that make up the deserts of the Southwest.

• Rockhounds and Their Rocks
• Hunting Desert Meteorite Treasures
• The Racetrack Playa of Death Valley NP
• Caving in the Desert Southwest
• Caves of the North American Deserts
• Death Valley Geology Field Trip
• Desert Varnish & Lichen Crust
• Entrada Sandstone & Arches of Utah
• Fish Creek Walk
• Fossil Canyon & Painted Gorge
• Fossil Hunt At Yuha Basin
• Gold Fever in the Desert
• Little Ice Age
• Quest For Fire at Opal Hill
• Cinnamon Geode Beds
• Hauser Geode Beds
• North Black Hills Geode Beds
  
• Kyanite ore Cargo Muchacho Mountains
• Inselbergs: Unique Rock Formations
• The Love and Life of Sand Dunes
• Nature's Palette Revealed in Painted Canyon
• Rockhounding at the Himalaya Tourmaline Mine
• Rockhounding, Treasure Hunting & Prospecting
• Underground Grandeur of Grand Canyon Caverns
• Francis Marion "Shady" Myrick
  
• San Andreas Fault

Bryce Canyon in Utah