Rockhounding for Beginners
Your Comprehensive Guide to Finding and Collecting Precious Minerals, Gems, Geodes, & More
1st Edition
Published on 8. June 2021
240 pages
978-1-5072-1528-9 (ISBN)
Description
Go on an outdoor treasure hunt and enjoy all nature has to offer with this field guide to rockhounding, perfect for armchair geologists or anyone headed out on an adventure!
Geology meets treasure hunting with this field guide to rockhounding! If you've ever kept an interesting rock or shell, bought a polished stone from a gift shop, or even just enjoyed a 'gram of a really cool crystal, congratulations! You've already experienced a rockhounding adventure!
Rockhouding for Beginners shows you how to take your rockhounding to the next level, providing everything you need to know from tips for finding local sources for really cool finds to techniques for safely cleaning, cutting, polishing, and caring for the best samples. Complete with full-color photos to help you identify each rock and mineral wherever you find them, this guide has all the rockhounding information you need whether you're ready to get down and dirty or simply want to learn more from the comfort of your couch.
Geology meets treasure hunting with this field guide to rockhounding! If you've ever kept an interesting rock or shell, bought a polished stone from a gift shop, or even just enjoyed a 'gram of a really cool crystal, congratulations! You've already experienced a rockhounding adventure!
Rockhouding for Beginners shows you how to take your rockhounding to the next level, providing everything you need to know from tips for finding local sources for really cool finds to techniques for safely cleaning, cutting, polishing, and caring for the best samples. Complete with full-color photos to help you identify each rock and mineral wherever you find them, this guide has all the rockhounding information you need whether you're ready to get down and dirty or simply want to learn more from the comfort of your couch.
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Lars W. Johnson | Stephen M. Voynick
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Your Comprehensive Guide to Finding and Collecting Precious Minerals, Gems, Geodes, & More
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Lars W. Johnson was born and raised in the northwest, and has been an avid rockhound since his childhood. He is dedicated to inspiring enthusiasm and inclusivity to those new to rockhounding, and a renewed curiosity for locating, collecting, and sharing experiences that seasoned rockhounds could appreciate. He currently owns a rock shop in Portland, Oregon, and runs the blog TwoRockhounds.com with his wife Amber Lee.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Introduction
- Part 1: How to Rockhound
- Chapter 1: The Basics of Rockhounding
- A Brief History of Rockhounding
- Why Rockhounding?
- What Do You Want to Collect?
- Safety First
- Rules and Regulations
- Next Steps
- Chapter 2: Rockhounding Equipment and Tools
- Attire and Safety Gear
- Navigation and Record-Keeping Tools and Equipment
- Identification Tools and Equipment
- Collecting Tools and Equipment
- Readying Your Toolbox for the Field
- Chapter 3: Where to Look in the Field
- Tools and Tips for Every Setting
- Packing and Transporting Your Treasure
- Chapter 4: Preparing and Showing Off Your Finds
- How to Clean Your Finds
- How to Prepare Your Finds
- The Lapidary Process
- Storage, Display, and Artisanal Uses
- Where to Start
- Part 2: Rocks, Gems, Minerals, mineraloids, and Fossils of North America
- Defining Headers and Terms
- Aegirine
- Agate
- Albite
- Amazonite
- Amber
- Amethyst
- Ammolite
- Ammonoid
- Analcime
- Andalusite
- Anglesite
- Apatite
- Apophyllite
- Aquamarine
- Aragonite
- Arfvedsonite
- Augite
- Aventurine
- Azurite
- Babingtonite
- Barite
- Bauxite
- Belemnite
- Benitoite
- Biotite
- Calcite
- Carnelian
- Carnotite
- Cassiterite
- Cavansite
- Celestine
- Cerussite
- Chabazite
- Chalcedony
- Chalcopyrite
- Chert
- Chlorastrolite
- Chrysocolla
- Cinnabar
- Citrine
- Coal
- Copper
- Covellite
- Crinoid
- Cuprite
- Danburite
- Diamond
- Diopside
- Dioptase
- Dolomite
- Emerald
- Epidote
- Eudialyte
- Fluorite
- Fulgurite
- Galena
- Garnet
- Geode
- Goethite
- Gold
- Goshenite
- Granite
- Gypsum
- Halite
- Hematite
- Hemimorphite
- Herderite
- Heulandite
- Hornblende
- Hypersthene
- Inoceramus
- Jade-Jadeite
- Jade-Nephrite
- Jasper
- Jet
- Kornerupine
- Kyanite
- Labradorite
- Lapis Lazuli
- Lepidolite
- Limestone
- Limonite
- Magnetite
- Malachite
- Marble
- Mesolite
- Mimetite
- Molybdenite
- Morganite
- Muscovite
- Natrolite
- Nautiloid
- Neptunite
- Obsidian
- Okenite
- Opal
- Orpiment
- Pearl
- Pectolite
- Peridot
- Petoskey Stone
- Petrified Wood
- Phenakite
- Platinum
- Prehnite
- Pyrite
- Pyromorphite
- Quartz Crystal
- Quartzite
- Red Beryl
- Rhodochrosite
- Rhodonite
- Rhyolite
- Rosasite
- Rose Quartz
- Ruby
- Rutile
- Sandstone
- Sapphire
- Scapolite
- Scheelite
- Shale
- Shattuckite
- Silver
- Slate
- Smithsonite
- Smoky Quartz
- Sodalite
- Sphalerite
- Spinel
- Spodumene
- Staurolite
- Stilbite
- Sunstone
- Talc
- Thomsonite
- Thunder Egg
- Titanite
- Topaz
- Tourmaline
- Turquoise
- Ulexite
- Vanadinite
- Variscite
- Vesuvianite
- Wardite
- Wavellite
- Wulfenite
- Zircon
- Zoisite
- Appendix: Additional Resources
- Websites
- Books
- Rock Shops
- Rockhounding Shows/Events
- Rockhounding Organizations
- About the Authors
- Glossary
- Index
- Copyright
