Название: Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting: A Beginner's GuideАвтор: Garret Romaine
Издательство: Falcon Guides
Год: 2019
Формат: epub
Размер: 33.4 Mb
Язык: English
A Beginner’s Guide to Rockhounding, Gem Collecting, Gold Prospecting, and Fossil Hunting
Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning the basics of collecting rocks and minerals. It’s the perfect companion title to the more advanced Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook. Readers will learn how to identify common rocks and minerals, and where to look for them. Using labs, procedures, pictorials, and discussions to help readers learn, this book will cover the basics of geology, describing the three main rock groups, with extensive pictures to show what to look for and how to figure out what is out there.
Look inside for:
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