[PDF] Rockhounding Washington eBook

Author : Lars W. Johnson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,25 MB
Release : 2018-07-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1493019104

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This book provides detailed directions and GPS coordinates to the best rockhounding sites in Washington, with valuable tips on what to tools to bring and how to conduct your search. Comprehensive lists of minerals or fossils for each site and excellent color photos will help you know what to look for and to identify what you’ve found. Information on clubs, rock shops, museums, and special attractions are provided. Rockhounding Washington is a must-have for anyone interested in collecting their own minerals, gems, and fossils in the region.

Author : Lars Johnson
Publisher : Falcon Guides
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,9 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781493019090

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Guide and source-book with advice on observing and collecting gems and minerals in Washington.

Author : Lars W. Johnson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 31,90 MB
Release : 2022-10-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 149305967X

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Fully revised and updated, this book provides detailed directions and GPS coordinates to the best rockhounding sites in Oregon, with valuable tips on what tools to bring and how to conduct your search. Comprehensive lists of minerals or fossils for each site and excellent color photos will help you know what to look for and to identify what you’ve found. Information on clubs, rock shops, museums, and special attractions are provided. Rockhounding Oregon is a must-have for anyone interested in collecting their own minerals, gems, and fossils in the region.

Author : Robert Beard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 27,50 MB
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 149301496X

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With this informative guide, you can explore the mineral-rich areas' of Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.C., from the beaches to the mountains. It describes the areas' best rockhounding sites and covers popular and commercial sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide also describes how to collect specimens, includes maps and directions to each site, and lists rockhound clubs. Rockhounding Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.C. offers a complete introduction to this many-faceted hobby and is an invaluable sourcebook.

Author : Garret Romaine
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 34,9 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Minerals
ISBN : 9781889786537

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Completely updated and revised, this comprehensive collecting guide covers all four corners of the Evergreen State, from the misty shores of the Olympic peninsula to the dust-dry ghost towns and abandoned mines near Metaline Falls. You'll explore Washington's diverse geology in detail, ranging from fossil-rich Cambrian locales to seams of agate and jasper amid recent basalt flows. Site locations range in difficulty from family-friendly walks along streams and rivers to hard-rock mining with heavy tools. Each site description features detailed directions, individual maps, multiple GPS coordinates, color photographs, nearest camping spots, and the best time of the year to collect. You'll also find additional information about nearby attractions, and whether you'll need four-wheel drive to make the final push.

Author : Lars W. Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,59 MB
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1507215282

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Go on an outdoor treasure hunt and enjoy all nature has to offer with this field guide to rockhounding, perfect for armchair geologists or anyone headed out on an adventure! Geology meets treasure hunting with this field guide to rockhounding! If you’ve ever kept an interesting rock or shell, bought a polished stone from a gift shop, or even just enjoyed a ’gram of a really cool crystal, congratulations! You’ve already experienced a rockhounding adventure! Rockhouding for Beginners shows you how to take your rockhounding to the next level, providing everything you need to know from tips for finding local sources for really cool finds to techniques for safely cleaning, cutting, polishing, and caring for the best samples. Complete with full-color photos to help you identify each rock and mineral wherever you find them, this guide has all the rockhounding information you need whether you’re ready to get down and dirty or simply want to learn more from the comfort of your couch.

Author : Robert Beard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 33,41 MB
Release : 2024-08-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1493077198

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With this informative guide, you can explore the mineral-rich regions of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, from the beaches to the mountains. It describes the states' best rockhounding sites and covers popular and commercial sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide also describes how to collect specimens, includes maps and directions to each site, and lists rockhound clubs in each state. Rockhounding Pennsylvania and New Jersey offers a complete introduction to this many-faceted hobby and is an invaluable sourcebook.

Author : Martin Freed
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 33,46 MB
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1493067540

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Rockhounding Texas is a complete guide to finding, collecting, and preparing Texas' gems & minerals. With this book anyone can learn where to find unusual mineral displays, fossils, jasper, agate, and petrified wood—not to mention more obsidian than one rockhound could possibly collect in a lifetime. An outstanding resource for experts and novices alike, Rockhounding Texas points the way to the state's best rockhounding sites, including popular and commercial areas as well as lesser-known sites on public land. Look inside to find: • Maps and detailed site descriptions with directions and GPS coordinates • Suggested tools and techniques • Land-use regulations and legal restrictions • Contact information for land managers • Additional information on rock shops, attractions, and local history

Author : Montana Hodges
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 38,10 MB
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 149301448X

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With this informative, fully updated and revised guide, you can explore the mineral-rich region of Montana. It describes the state's best rockhounding sites and covers popular and commerical sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide also descirbes how to collect specimens, includes maps and directions to each site, and lists rockhound clubs around the state. This is truly a complete guide to popular collecting sites in Montana and source-book brimming with advice that can be of use to both the novice and the experienced rockhounder.