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Whether you’re digging for the first time or are an experienced rockhound or “prospector,” with a simple rock hammer and a little luck, you too can strike it rich …or at the very least, have fun trying. These guides offer readers easy-to-use information on the ins and outs of “fee dig” mining, complete with locations, costs, tips on technique, entertaining legends and important information on everything from safety kits to the location of the nearest restrooms. Included are resources for use in identifying finds, exploring the lapidary arts and further pursuing an excitingand possibly profitablehobby. From rubies, opals and gold to emeralds, diamonds and aquamarine, each regional volume in the four-book Treasure Hunter’s Gem & Mineral Guide series offers state-by-state details on more than 250 gems and minerals that the United States has to offer, and the very affordable “fee dig” sites where they can be found. This book is for: Rockhounds, Gold prospectors, Gem collectors, Gemologists, Tourists, Family fun!
Author Biography
Kathy J Rygle and Stephen F Pedersen combine their scientific training with a hobbyist’s passion. Lifelong rockhounds, both authors have shared this hobby — begun with their parents — with their children, and have travelled to many ‘fee-dig’ sites, museums and mine tours across the United States. Antoinette L Matlins PG, is an internationally respected gem and jewellery expert, author, lecturer and popular media guest. Her books are widely used throughout the world by consumers and professionals in the gem and jewellery field alike. Antonio C Bonanno FGA ASA MGA, was one of America’s most distinguished gemologists. For over 40 years, he was President of the National Gem Appraising Laboratory, and Director of the Columbia School of Gemology in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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