Prospecting For Gemstones and Minerals

by John Sinkankas

Overview

Loaded with information about how, where and why mineral deposits form, Prospecting for Gemstones and Minerals is the perfect primer for the new collector.

This essential guide features expert advice on where to find deposits, what they contain, and how to remove crystals from the ground. It also covers maps, how and when to use certain tools, and provides an excellent general introduction to the geology of deposits.

Illustrated with photographs and line drawings, this book is a must-have for the amateur field collector.

Readers interested in related titles from John Sinkankas will also want to see: Gem Cutting (ISBN: 1626540497), Field Collecting Gemstones and Minerals (ISBN: 1635610648).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781635610635
Publisher:	Echo Point Books & Media
Publication date:	03/19/2018
Edition description:	Reprint ed.
Pages:	418
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

John Sinkankas, known the world over for his writings on mineralogy, and gem cutting, dated his interest in minerals to the age of seven when he collected minerals in his native Paterson, New Jersey. Since retiring from a twenty-five-year career as a naval aviator, he has pursued a second successful career in mineralogy. He is the author of four other books. In addition, he contributed hundreds of articles to amateur and professional journals, and was a member of many gem and mineral societies. His expertise in lapidary work is evident in the many very large gems which he cut for the Smithsonian Institution and which are on display there. John Sinkankas was a fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America and the Mineralogical Society of Canada; an honorary member Rochester Academy of Sciences, the San Diego Mineral and Gem Society, and the Cosmos Club of Washington, D.C.; and a honorary Fellow of the Gemmological Assiciation All-Japan. In 1982 he was awarded the "Distinguished Associate Award" from the Gemological Institute of America, and was presented with a degree of Doctor of Human Letters by the Board of Trustees of William Paterson College. He was presented the Carnegie Mineralogical Award in 1989.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Propspecting and Collecting Trips

Tools and How to Use Them

Rock Classes and How to Recognize Them

How Mineral Deposits Form

Field Features of Mineral Deposits

Collecting Practices

Preparations of Specimens

Storage and Exhibit

Marketing Mineral Specimens and Gemstones

Appendices: Table of Mineral Solubilities; Table of Minerals Requiring Protection from Atmospheric Influences; Useful Addresses; Reference Libraries; Suggested Reference and Reading Material

Index