Rockhounding Oregon: A Guide to the State's Best Rockhounding Sites

by Lars W. Johnson

Overview

Fully revised and updated, this book provides detailed directions and GPS coordinates to the best rockhounding sites in Oregon, with valuable tips on what tools to bring and how to conduct your search. Comprehensive lists of minerals or fossils for each site and excellent color photos will help you know what to look for and to identify what you’ve found. Information on clubs, rock shops, museums, and special attractions are provided. Rockhounding Oregon is a must-have for anyone interested in collecting their own minerals, gems, and fossils in the region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493059669
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/15/2022
Series:	Rockhounding Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	241,106
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Born and raised in the northwest, Lars W. Johnson’s passion for absorbing geologic beauty developed early when the family took a trip south to Portland, Oregon, just in time to catch Mount St. Helens erupt in 1980. Decades, and countless rockhounding trips later, Lars opened a retail rock shop and organized many field trips, inspiring enthusiasm and inclusivity to those new to rockhounding and a renewed curiosity for locating, collecting, and sharing experiences that seasoned rockhounds could appreciate.

Editorial Reviews

A lapidary rockhound’s field trip companion… Every Oregon rockhound should own this text, and out-of-state visitors will certainly find it a handy guide for successful rockhounding.

Rock and Gem