Rocks & Minerals of the United States: Quick Guide

by Dan R. Lynch, Bob Lynch

Overview

The Perfect Guide to Rocks and Minerals Across the United States

Keep this tabbed booklet close at hand on your next rock-hunting adventure. Based on Dan R. Lynch and Bob Lynch’s best-selling field guides and featuring 56 of the most common and desirable rocks and minerals, the booklet is organized by rocks/minerals and then by general appearance for quick and easy identification. Narrow your choices by appearance, and view just a few specimens at a time. The easy-to-use format means you’ll quickly find what you need to know. Plus, the quick guide is much easier to use than laminated foldouts, and the tear-resistant pages help to make the book durable in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591934967
Publisher:	Adventure Publications, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/14/2014
Series:	Adventure Quick Guides
Pages:	22
Product dimensions:	4.40(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Dan R. Lynch has a degree in graphic design with an emphasis on photography from the University of Minnesota Duluth. But before his love of art and writing came a passion for rocks and minerals, developed during his lifetime growing up in his parents’ rock shop in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Combining the two aspects of his life seemed a natural choice, and he enjoys researching, writing about, and taking photographs of rocks and minerals. Working with his father, Bob Lynch, a respected veteran of Lake Superior’s agate-collecting community, Dan spearheads their series of rock and mineral field guides—definitive guidebooks that help amateurs “decode” the complexities of geology and mineralogy. He also takes special care to ensure that his photographs complement the text and always represent each rock or mineral exactly as it appears in person. He currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with his wife, Julie, where he works as a writer and photographer.

Table of Contents

Adventure Quick Guides

Rocks & Minerals Guides

About the Authors

How to Use This Guide

Coarse-grained Rocks

Fine-grained Rocks

Dull to Glassy Minerals

Metallic Minerals

Geodes and Fossils

Commonly Misidentified Minerals

Final Notes

Glossary

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