Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting, 9781493032815
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Unearth Earth’s treasures: Rocks, gems, fossils, gold, and more await!

Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting

a beginner's guide

$45.86

  • Paperback

    232 pages

  • Release Date

    14 July 2019

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Summary

A Beginner’s Guide to Rockhounding, Gem Collecting, Gold Prospecting, and Fossil Hunting

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 discu…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781493032815
ISBN-10:149303281X
Author:Garret Romaine
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:Falcon Guides
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:232
Release Date:14 July 2019
Weight:445g
Dimensions:227mm x 150mm x 12mm
Series:Rockhounding Series
About The Author

Garret Romaine

Garret Romaine has been an avid rockhound, fossil hunter, and gold prospector for 35 years. He is a long-time journalist, columnist, and technical writer, and teaches technical writing at Portland State University. He is a Fellow in the Society for Technical Communication. He holds a degree in geology from the University of Oregon and a degree in geography from the University of Washington. Since 1997 he has written a regular magazine column for the Gold Prospectors Association of America entitled “Mining the Internet.” He is the author of Rockhounding Idaho and Rocks, Gems, and Minerals (both FalconGuides) as well as Gem Trails of Oregon and Gem Trails of Washington. He is also a columnist for Gold Prospectors magazine. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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