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Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook

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  • Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook by Garret Romaine
  • Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook by Garret Romaine
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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

Author Biography:

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.
Release date Australia
July 7th, 2024
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  • General (US: Trade)
Edition
Third Edition
Illustrations
Illustrations, unspecified; Halftones, Color including Color Photographs
Pages
264
ISBN-13
9781493078493
Product ID
36481779

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