
Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting
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- Geology basics
- Rules and regulations
- Polishing, preserving, crafting, and displaying your treasures
- Popular collectibles, including rocks, gems, fossils, meteorites, and gold
- Tools of the trade for every level of collector
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- Intro
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED
- THE THREE ROCK TYPES
- THE EARTH AND ITS CORE
- GEOLOGIC TIME
- GEOLOGY GIANT: JAMES HUTTON
- LAB: GEOLOGIC TIME
- GEOLOGY LAB: AGE OF THE EARTH
- OUR RESTLESS EARTH
- LAB: PLATE TECTONICS
- GEOLOGY LAB: COCOA CONTINENTS
- GEOLOGY GIANT: ALFRED WEGENER
- ADDITIONAL READING: THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
- CHAPTER 2 ALL ABOUT MINERALS
- OUR CHEMICAL BUILDING BLOCKS
- SIMPLE CRYSTALS
- LAB: CREATE A CRYSTAL
- GEOLOGY LAB: CREATE A CRYSTAL
- LAB: CRYSTAL CLUSTERS
- GEOLOGY LAB: CRYSTAL CLUSTERS
- CHAPTER 3 LEARNING ABOUT ROCKS
- IGNEOUS ROCKS EXPLAINED
- BUCKET LIST: YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
- FAMOUS SPECIMENS: THE CODE OF HAMMURABI (DIORITE)
- BUCKET LIST: YELLOWSTONE
- HALL OF FAME: FLORENCE BASCOM
- UNDERSTANDING VOLCANOES
- BUCKET LIST: ACTIVE VOLCANO
- GEOLOGY GIANT: CHARLES LYELL
- METAMORPHIC ROCKS EXPLAINED
- ADDITIONAL READING: BARREN LANDS: AN EPIC SEARCH FOR DIAMONDS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN ARCTIC
- LAB: SCHIST HAPPENS
- GEOLOGY LAB: FUN WITH SCHISTS
- SEDIMENTARY ROCKS EXPLAINED
- LAB: EROSION
- GEOLOGY LAB: EROSION
- LAB: SALT CRYSTALS
- GEOLOGY LAB: SALT CRYSTALS
- BUCKET LIST: GRAND CANYON
- GEOLOGY GIANT: JOHN WESLEY POWELL
- CHAPTER 4 THE KEYS TO IDENTIFICATION
- MINERAL FAMILIES
- MINERAL PROPERTIES
- LAB: HARDNESS TEST KIT
- GEOLOGY LAB: HARDNESS TEST KIT
- LAB: TESTING FOR STREAK
- GEOLOGY LAB: STREAK TEST
- LAB: MEASURING DENSITY
- GEOLOGY LAB: MEASURING DENSITY
- HALL OF FAME: MADAME CURIE
- MINERAL KEYS
- CHAPTER 5 FINDING FOSSILS
- BUCKET LIST: LA BREA TAR PITS
- ADDITIONAL READING: CRUISIN' THE FOSSIL FREEWAY
- HISTORY OF PALEONTOLOGY
- ADDITIONAL READING: THE SEASHELL ON THE MOUNTAINTOP
- GEOLOGY GIANT: GEORGES CUVIER
- ADDITIONAL READING: THE BONEHUNTERS' REVENGE
- GEOLOGY GIANT: MARY LEAKEY
- BUCKET LIST: GREEN RIVER FORMATION
- HOW GEOLOGY HELPS FOSSIL HUNTERS
- KNOW
- KNOW YOUR BIOLOGY
- BUCKET LIST: DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT
- EXTINCTION THEORIES
- HALL OF FAME: WALTER ALVAREZ
- FOSSIL COLLECTING
- LAB: MAKE A MOLD
- GEOLOGY LAB: MAKE A MOLD
- BUCKET LIST: DINO DIG
- CHAPTER 6 PROSPECTING FOR GOLD
- HALL OF FAME: WALDEMAR LUNDGREN
- WHERE TO LOOK FOR PANNING SPOTS
- BUCKET LIST: MARSHALL GOLD DISCOVERY SITE
- THE SCIENCE OF GOLD PANNING
- MAKING CONCENTRATES
- CHOOSING THE RIGHT GOLD PAN
- HOW TO USE A GOLD PAN
- LAB: PRACTICE PANNING
- GEOLOGY LAB: PRACTICE PANNING
- ABOUT THOSE BLACK SANDS
- HALL OF FAME: GEORGE MASSIE
- PANNING MACHINES
- BIGGER GOLD MINING EQUIPMENT
- GOLD AND METAL DETECTORS
- CHAPTER 7 HUNTING METEORITES
- IMPACT CRATERS ON EARTH
- TEKTITES
- METEORITES IN HISTORY
- THE SCIENCE OF METEORITES
- LAB: SPACE DUST
- GEOLOGY LAB: SPACE DUST
- ADDITIONAL READING: METEORITE HUNTING: HOW TO FIND TREASURE FROM SPACE
- REGULATIONS FOR METEORITE COLLECTING
- HOW TO IDENTIFY METEORITES
- BUCKET LIST: WILLAMETTE METEORITE
- WHERE TO LOOK FOR METEORITES
- BUCKET LIST: METEOR CRATER
- HUNTING METEORITES BY SIGHT
- HUNTING METEORITES BY MAGNET
- HUNTING METEORITES WITH METAL DETECTORS
- CHAPTER 8 FROM BEGINNER TO COLLECTOR
- LEGAL NOTICES
- FEE-DIG OPPORTUNITIES
- BUCKET LIST: STERLING HILL MINING MUSEUM
- OCEAN BEACHES
- CREEK AND RIVER WALKS
- DESERT WALKS
- TAILINGS
- BUCKET LIST: TUCSON SHOW
- GEOLOGY GIANT: JUNE CULP ZEITNER
- VEINS, VUGS, AND OUTCROPS
- BUCKET LIST: COLORADO GOLD MINE TOUR
- GEOLOGY GIANT: BOB JONES
- DISPLAY YOUR FINDS
- RECORDS AND LABELS
- LAB: MAKE A LABEL
- GEOLOGY LAB: MAKE A LABEL
- APPENDIX A: ONLINE RESOURCES
- APPENDIX B: CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
- APPENDIX C: BIBLIOGRAPHY
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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