Arizona is the home state of Michael Francis. He relocated from Seattle, Washington a number of years ago and enjoys the desert landscape and bright sunny days. Arizona has so much to offer and holds a vast amount of natural resources. Miners search for turquoise, azurite, malachite, strawberry quartz, peridot, amethyst, chalcedony, and sometimes even gold. One of the rarest and most impossible to find gemstones is chrysocolla, pictured to the right of this page. For more information on stones, please view the All About Stones link.