Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook

Garret Romaine (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2024 | Third Edition
Falcon Guides (Verlag)
978-1-4930-7849-3 (ISBN)

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This volume gives you the basic tools to transition from “pebble pup” to expert rockhound and explains everything from geology basics, identification tips, tools of the trade, how to record your findings, and how to set up a lab or gem shop. Before you know it, you’ll be driving the open roads and traveling home with dusty pockets full of rocks, gems, minerals, fossils—and maybe even gold.

Features:
* geology basics
* popular collectibles, including rocks, gems, fossils, meteorites, and gold
* tools of the trade for every level of collector
* rules and regulations
* polishing, preserving, crafting, and displaying your treasures

Garret Romaine is an avid gold prospector, rockhound, and fossil collector with years of experience in the field. He is a long-time writer for Gold Prospectors magazine, and is the author of The Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook, Rocks, Gems and Minerals of the Southwest, Rocks, Gems, and Minerals of the Rocky Mountains, and Rockhounding Idaho, all from FalconGuides, as well as Gem Trails of Washington and Gem Trails of Oregon. Garret is a member of the Board of Directors of the Rice NW Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.04.2024
Zusatzinfo	256 Color Photos
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	490 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
ISBN-10	1-4930-7849-6 / 1493078496
ISBN-13	978-1-4930-7849-3 / 9781493078493
Zustand	Neuware