Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook

by Garret Romaine

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493078493
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	05/07/2024
Edition description:	3rd Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Garret Romaine is an avid gold prospector, rockhound, and fossil collector with years of experience in the field. He is a longtime writer for Gold Prospectors magazine and is the author of Gold Panning the Pacific Northwest, Gold Panning Cailfornia, Rocks, Gems, and Minerals of the Southwest, Rocks, Gems, and Minerals of the Rocky Mountains, and Rockhounding Idaho, all from FalconGuides, as well as Geology Lab for Kids, Gem Trails of Washington, and Gem Trails of Oregon. Garret is a former executive director of the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro, Oregon, and served on the board of directors for the North America Research Group (NARG), a fossil-collecting organization.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 What to look for

What’s out there?

Basic geology

Resources for basic geology

Popular collectibles

Gator Girl’s best advice ever

Chapter 2 Where to find it

Old-school reference materials

Online guides

Apps & Software

Social networking

Historical Websites

Online maps

ArcGIS

Geology maps

JSTOR searches

Build your own book

Chapter 3 How to get it home

Getting to the site and back

General field work pointers

Collecting Rocks and Minerals

Fossil collecting

Gold Prospecting

Meteorite Hunting

Chapter 4 What to do with it

Tumble polishing

Carving soapstone

Knapping

Preserving fossils

Jewelry making

Displaying your treasures

Glossary

Index

About the Author

What People are Saying About This

Library Journal

A worthy addition to complement gem and mineral identification guidebooks.