Arizona's Hidden Gems: Hunt for "Diamonds" and Take Home a Desert Treasure

My friends call me a “maximalist” because I’m the type of person who picks up every pretty pebble I see on the sidewalk. Naturally, when I heard there was a real-life playground where you could legally scavenge for quartz crystals, which look suspiciously like diamonds if you squint hard enough, I was in my car before the suggestion finished leaving their mouths. There is something profoundly humbling about being outsmarted by a rock, yet the high-desert air of Arizona turns even the