Maybe an inch and one half long, I found this pretty baby while hiking my favorite low altitude, once lava-cored mountain in San Luis Obispo, California.
Along the sides of the mountain, veins of quarts mixture could be found, with small pieces broken off along the trails.
I can still smell the deep earth there, and the sweet scent of scrub sage brushed against on a hot summer’s day.
I love that from this angle, the rock looks like a baby dragon’s head.
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