The Agaunga Gang pose for a group portrait before setting off. Photo: Forrest Nelson.

Aguanga Mountain western ridge and our collecting site overgrown with red shank. Can you see the rock hound in the brush? Photo: Forrest Nelson.

A boulder laced with garnet crystals in a weathered outcrop. Photo: Forrest Nelson.

Large feldspar block dusted with microcrysts of red garnet. Photo: Forrest Nelson.

Can you identify this rock found on Aguanga Mountain? Send your best guess to fieldtrips@sdmg.org Photo: Forrest Nelson.

Pausing on the Aguanga Mountain fire road with a view of San Jacinto Peak in the distance. Photo: Forrest Nelson.

Southeastern view from our collecting site showing our access route up the Aguanga Mountain eastern ridge. Photo: Forrest Nelson.

Pegmatite block. Photo: Forrest Nelson.

Large friable spessartine crystals in matrix. Photo: Forrest Nelson.