the rocks that shine

Way back in the northeast corner of Anza-Borrego state park lies a little used jeep route that ends in a WWII calcite mine. The calcite crystals here are enormous and clear as glass. The ridge cut road is fightening, hanging to some of the deepest canyons in the park. The entire area is a sandstone formation, with beautiful slot canyons and natural tanks. Palm canyon (one of several named such in the park, be forworned) is accessed thru a side road of the calcite mine road. It has been called on of the most beautiful with its extremely smoothed sandstone embeded with glittering calcite crystals. The remarkable slot canyons are a testament to the great volume of water that has funneled thru these canyons in the past, and even today. Periodically throughout the canyon huge eroded blocks would the path.