Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting
A Beginner's Guide
Guilford, Connecticut : Falcon Guides, [2019], ©2019.
Format: Book
Description: ix, 221 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning the basics of collecting rocks and minerals. It's the perfect companion title to the more advanced Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook. Readers will learn how to identify common rocks and minerals, and where to look for them. Using labs, procedures, pictorials, and discussions to help readers learn, this book will cover the basics of geology, describing the three main rock groups, with extensive pictures to show what to look for and how to figure out what is out there.
Contents:
Introduction -- Getting started -- All about minerals -- Learning about rocks -- The keys to identification -- Finding fossils -- Prospecting for gold -- Hunting meteorites -- From beginner to collector -- Appendix A: online resources -- Appendix B: clubs and organizations -- Appendix C: bibliography -- Glossary.
ISBN:
9781493032815
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Geology Rom | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/6/2024) |
"A beginner's guide to rockhounding, gem collecting, gold prospecting, and fossil hunting"--Page [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.