MODERN ROCKHOUNDING AND PROSPECTING HANDBOOK (Falcon Guides) - Softcover

Fiell, Charlotte & Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762784709 ISBN 13: 9780762784707

Verlag: FALCON GUIDES, 2013

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Reseña del editor:

This volume gives you the basic tools to transition from "pebble pup" to expert rockhound and explains everything from geology basics, identification tips, tools of the trade, how to record your findings, and how to set up a lab or gem shop. Before you know it, you'll be driving the open roads and traveling home with dusty pockets full of rocks, gems, minerals, fossils-and maybe even gold. Features:* geology basics* popular collectibles, including rocks, gems, fossils, meteorites, and gold* tools of the trade for every level of collector* rules and regulations* polishing, preserving, crafting, and displaying your treasures

Biografía del autor:

Garret Romaine has been an avid rockhound, fossil hunter, and gold prospector for 35 years. He is a long-time journalist, columnist, and technical writer, and teaches technical writing at Portland State University. He is a Fellow in the Society for Technical Communication. He holds a degree in geology from the University of Oregon and a degree in geography from the University of Washington. Since 1997 he has written a regular magazine column for the Gold Prospectors Association of America entitled "Mining the Internet." He is the author of Rockhounding Idaho and Rocks, Gems, and Minerals (both FalconGuides) as well as Gem Trails of Oregon and Gem Trails of Washington. He is also a columnist for Gold Prospectors magazine. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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• Verlag: FALCON GUIDES
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0762784709
• ISBN 13: 9780762784707
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264