Rockhounding Virginia
Rockhounding Virginia

Author: Robert Beard

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-05-15

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1493028537

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Explore the mineral-rich region of Virginia with veteran rockhound Robert Beard’s Rockhounding Virginia and unearth the state’s best rockhounding sites, ranging from popular and commercial sites to numerous lesser-known areas. Featuring an overview of the state’s geologic history as well as a site-by-site guide to the best rockhounding locations, Rockhounding Virginia is the ideal resource for rockhounds of all ages and experience levels.

Rockhounding Virginia
Rockhounding Virginia

Author: Robert Beard

Publisher: Falcon Guides

Published: 2017-05-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781493028528

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A complete guide and source-book brimming with advice on collecting and preparing gems and minerals.

A Rockhounding Guide to North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains
A Rockhounding Guide to North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains

Author: Michael Streeter

Publisher: Milestone Press (NC)

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781889596150

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A guidebook identifying 30 rock and mineral collecting sites, including abandoned mines and prospects, in a 17-county region of western North Carolina. Includes a map and complete directions for each site, minerals to be found there, recommended tools and historical details, if known.

Rockhounding Montana
Rockhounding Montana

Author: Montana Hodges

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-10-15

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 149301448X

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With this informative, fully updated and revised guide, you can explore the mineral-rich region of Montana. It describes the state's best rockhounding sites and covers popular and commerical sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide also descirbes how to collect specimens, includes maps and directions to each site, and lists rockhound clubs around the state. This is truly a complete guide to popular collecting sites in Montana and source-book brimming with advice that can be of use to both the novice and the experienced rockhounder.

Rockhounding Delaware, Maryland, and the Washington, DC Metro Area
Rockhounding Delaware, Maryland, and the Washington, DC Metro Area

Author: Robert Beard

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 149301496X

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With this informative guide, you can explore the mineral-rich areas' of Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.C., from the beaches to the mountains. It describes the areas' best rockhounding sites and covers popular and commercial sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide also describes how to collect specimens, includes maps and directions to each site, and lists rockhound clubs. Rockhounding Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.C. offers a complete introduction to this many-faceted hobby and is an invaluable sourcebook.

Rockhounding Arizona
Rockhounding Arizona

Author: Gerry Blair

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-10-01

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1493058312

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Explore the mineral-rich region of Arizona with veteran rockhound Robert Beard’s Rockhounding Arizona, 3rd Edition. Fully revised and updated, unearth treasures from the state’s best rockhounding locations, ranging from popular and commercial sites to numerous lesser-known areas. Featuring an overview of the state’s geologic history as well as site-by-site chapters, Rockhounding Arizona is the ideal resource for rock seekers and collectors of all ages and experience levels.

Rockhounding Montana
Rockhounding Montana

Author: Montana Hodges

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2006-08-01

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 0762758295

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A complete guide and source-book brimming with advice on collecting and preparing gems and minerals.

Rockhounding New Mexico
Rockhounding New Mexico

Author: Martin Freed

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-06-01

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1493057243

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More than a third of New Mexico is public land that holds untold quantities of mineralogical treasure. With this book anyone can learn where to find unusual mineral displays, fossils, jasper, agate, petrified wood—not to mention more obsidian than one rockhound could possibly collect in a lifetime. The array and quality of such materials just waiting to be found in New Mexico are almost mind-boggling. Rockhounding New Mexico describes 140 of the state's best rockhound sites, covering popular and commercial sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide describes where and how to collect specimens, includes maps of each site as well as directions, and provides reliable recommendations for accommodations, camping, and other special attractions. It is, in short, a complete and outstanding introduction to the many sides of a fascinating hobby.

Rockhounding Nevada
Rockhounding Nevada

Author: William A. Kappele

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-09-17

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1493034030

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A complete guide and source-book brimming with advice on collecting and preparing gems and minerals.

Rockhounding Wyoming
Rockhounding Wyoming

Author: Kenneth L. Graham

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-07-01

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1493027425

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The 75 sites described in this guide take you across the red desert to the high mountain majesty of the Big Horns and Wind Rivers as well as the geologic wonders of Yellowstone National Park. Graham, a former hardrock miner, developed an interest in rocks at an early age, and he shares his enthusiasm for rockhounding and his appreciation for the diverse Wyoming landscape that holds the treasure. Each description provides detailed information complete with maps on how to find the remote as well as popular digs, what will likely be found there, the tools to bring, the best season to visit, the appropriate vehicle to drive, or when to lace up your hiking boots to get to those out-of-the-way places.