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WHERE TO FIND ROCKS & MINERALS |
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WHERE TO FIND ROCKS & MINERALS |
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COAST TO COAST GEM ATLAS |
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COLORADO ROCKHOUNDING |
Covers more than 350 collecting sites, with an overview of the state’s geologic origins and mining history. Provides an overview of Colorado's geological origins and mining history, county by county. Illustrated with maps and B/W photos. Stephen M. Voynick, 372 pages, 6x 9 inches with a soft cover. |
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DESERT GEM TRAILS |
Field guide to the gems and minerals of the Mohave and Colorado Deserts in California and adjacent areas of Nevada. Includes maps and photos. Mary Frances Strong., 80 pages, 5 1/2 x 9 inches with a soft cover. |
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The GEM & MINERAL COLLECTORS
GUIDE TO IDAHO |
This is a new book and was previously published in two volumes. Combined you have detailed descriptions and maps to 40 collection areas scattered all over the state of Idaho. Lanny R. Ream, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2 inches soft cover with 80 pages. |
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GEM TRAILS OF ARIZONA |
Completely revised edition of this essential guide for the Arizona rockhound. Contains 23 additional new trails, improved maps, eight-page, four-color insert of specimen photos, along with detailed information on where to go and what to look for. Index by location and by mineral. James R. Mitchell, 221 pages, 6 x 9 inch with a soft cover. |
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GEM TRAILS OF COLORADO |
This detailed guide to the best that Colorado has to offer has been completely revised and updated. Includes ten new sites and a color section picturing the wide diversity of gems and minerals available throughout the state. From blue barite to topaz, numerous maps lead the collector along the gem trails. Covers 75 gem and mineral locations. James R. Mitchell, 144 pages, 6 x 9 inches with a soft cover. |
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GEM TRAILS OF NEVADA |
Maps photos and detailed text describe where to go and what to look for at over 75 sites throughout the state of Nevada. Includes mineral locator index. James R. Mitchell, 192 pages, 6 x 9 inches with a soft cover. |
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GEM TRAILS OF NEW MEXICO |
New Mexico is a rockhound’s paradise 122,000 sparsely populated square miles with large amounts of public land available for collecting. From micro-mount and gem quality mineral specimens to fossil pieces containing life forms that are millions of years old, there is something of interest to both the novice and experienced collector. Updated and revised edition contains informative text and maps for 100 sites, including 15 new sites, new photos, and a beautiful color insert highlighting the variety of minerals found in New Mexico. James R. Mitchell, 238 pages, 6 x 9 inches with a soft cover.. |
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GEM TRAILS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
This most complete guide to Northern California features sites from the Oregon border south to San Luis Obispo. Beautiful color photographs showcase the specimens that can be found at each of the 66 sites described. Detailed text and maps make locating collecting areas easy. James R. Mitchell , 160 pages, 6 x 9 inches with a soft cover. |
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GEM TRAILS OF OREGON |
Pinpoints directions to 80 well-known and little explored minerals sites throughout the state. Includes a section on Oregon beach collecting and a section of full color photographs of Oregon rocks and minerals. James R. Mitchell, 193 pages, 6 x 9 inches with a soft cover. |
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GEM TRAILS OF PENNSYLVANIA
AND NEW JERSEY |
Leads the collector to over 50 sites where beautiful mineral specimens and fossils can be found. Authoritative text includes information on equipment, clubs and tourist attractions. B/W photos, detailed maps, and a striking color insert will entice the reader to “hit the trail”. Scott Stepanski & Karenne Snow, 167 pages, 6 x 9 inches with a soft cover . |
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GEM TRAILS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
The and definitive guide to over 85 of the best collecting sites for gems, minerals and fossils in Southern California from San Luis Obispo to San Diego. Detailed maps, text, and B/W locale photos lead the way and vivid color photos of specimens excite the anticipation of great finds. James R. Mitchell, 215 pages, 6 x 9 inches with a soft cover. |
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GEM TRAILS OF TEXAS expanded revised edition |
Popular guide to Texas gems trails. Includes 52 of the best sites in the state, with the state divided into 6 regions. Maps, photos and clear, exact directions include what to look for at each site. A new section includes beautiful full color photographs of Texas rocks and minerals. Brad L. Cross, 167 pages, 6 x 9 inches with a soft cover. |
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GEM TRAILS OF UTAH |
Welcome to 75 rockhounding sites in Utah. This is the latest edition of the classic best selling guide. The gem hunter is lead to landscapes as diverse as the gems, minerals and fossils found there. B/W photos highlight the collecting areas. A special color section aids in the identification of specimens. James R. Mitchell, 168 pages, 6 x 9 inches with a soft cover. |
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The GPS GUIDE TO WESTERN GEM TRAILS |
Compiled by a veteran rockhound, this handy supplemental GPS guide directs you to the best collection sites found in the Gem Trails books series as well as other popular rockhounding guides. Covers the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Includes the lat/lon coordinates of each site along with the Delorme map page number, section/township/range information, and the name of the USGS 7 ½ minute quadrangle for each site. This is a 6" x 9" soft cover by David Kelty, with 294 pages. |
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Idaho Minerals: The Complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho 2nd
Edition |
Perfect for the armature collector and professional mineralogist interested in the identification and location of minerals in the state of Idaho. This comprehensive guide gives mineral descriptions, collection areas, and is illustrated throughout with color photos. Lanny R. Ream, 371 pages, 6 x 9 inches with a soft cover. |
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 MAINE
MINING ADVENTURES |
C. J. Stevens who introduced gold mining to so many with his book " The Next Bend In The River", now presents even a wider range of action with a background of rivers, mountains, and beaches in Maine. It is the world of minerals and metals. How-to and where-to find gold and minerals in Maine. C. J. Stevens, 208 pages with a soft cover. |
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MIDWEST GEM, FOSSIL
AND MINERAL TRAILS: Great Lakes States |
How and where to find materials in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Includes maps and photos. June Culp Zeitner, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 96 pages with a soft cover. |
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MIDWEST GEM, FOSSIL AND
MINERAL TRAILS: Prairie States |
Covers Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa. Maps descriptions and many B/W photos. June Culp Zeitner, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 104 pages with a soft cover. |
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NEW MEXICO ROCKS AND MINERALS |
Maps and descriptions of mining districts and mineral sites by county. Frank S. Kimbler & Narsavage, Jr. Soft cover with 72 , 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch, pages. |
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| ROCKHOUND GUIDE SERIES
Informative guides to collecting areas featuring maps, detailed directions, and advice on field techniques. This series is available for several states. |
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Rockhounding in Eastern New York and Nearby New England seventh
edition revised |
Directions and detailed maps to rock and mineral collection sites in Eastern New York and nearby New England. Daniel and Carolyn Zabriskie, 64 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches with a soft cover. |
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ROCKS AND MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA |
An indispensable field guide with a general description of the types of rocks and minerals found in California and the type of geology in which they occur. This is followed by a section of general maps of the state outlining the types of rocks that will be encountered in those areas. There is a section with full color photographs of 48 rocks and minerals found in California. This is followed by a section with information on hundreds of USGS quadrangle maps and the location of gold, silver and other minerals by township, range and section number. These locations are organized by county. Vinson Brown, David Allan and James Stark, 200 pages, 5 1/2 x 9 inches with a soft cover. |
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| Treasure Hunters Gem &
Mineral Guide Series
Newly revised these guides offer state-by-state details on more than 250 gems and minerals the U.S. has to offer and affordable fee-dig sites where they can be found. Includes maps, illustrations and B/W photographs. |
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The ROCKHOUND’S HANDBOOK |
Learn about rock and mineral formation, tools, identification, finding minerals in the field, legal aspects, preparation and preservation, cutting and polishing, and making jewelry. Numerous B/W photos and illustrations with color photos of 50 of the most commonly encountered minerals. James R. Mitchell, 184 pages, 6 x 9 inch with a soft cover. |
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Traveler Guidebooks Striking full color guides, bound in water repellent, laminated covers. Extensive center-spread map of the state highlights the locations featured in the book. |
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WHERE TO FIND GOLD &
GEMS IN NEVADA |
Gold-bearing regions and selected gem and rockhound areas organized by county. Maps, photos, directions and interesting historical anecdotes. James Klein, 110 pages, 6 x 9 inches with a soft cover. |
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Take
a Trip Back in Time and Follow Take a stroll through yesterday with these map packages and atlases of the Old West! These map packages have been compiled by R. N. Preston who has been an avid collector of old maps for 30 years. Imagine 100 years of information compiled and printed on modern USGS maps along with exact reprints of historic maps! Many secrets are revealed in these collections. Locations are clearly marked where you can find gold, silver and 28 other gems and minerals.
Great care has been exercised to accurately transfer all information from authentic documents to the featured maps of this collection. The reader should be reminded that maps have been used in some cases as an information source. The older the document, the less accurate the information. Inasmuch as this is an endeavor to display mining activity locations for a century, old documents had to be employed.
All maps in the series are in packages measuring 6.5 by 9.5. The very readable maps measure 17 1/2 X 23 inches. |
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ROCKHOUNDING ARIZONA
Rockhounding California
Rockhounding Colorado: Second Edition
ROCKHOUNDING MONTANA
ROCKHOUNDING NEVADA
THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE to NEW MEXICO
ROCKHOUNDING TEXAS
ROCKHOUNDING UTAH
ROCKHOUNDING WYOMING
Northeast
Treasure Hunter's Gem & Mineral Guide
Northwest Treasure Hunter's Gem
& Mineral Guide
Southeast
Treasure Hunter's Gem & Mineral Guide
Southwest
Treasure Hunter's Gem & Mineral Guide
GOLD
& GEM MAPS: Then and Now
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