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Gem and Mineral Collector's Guide to Idaho
Idaho
Author: Garret H. Romaine
Publisher: Falcon Press Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780762748129
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A complete guide to Idaho's best sites for collecting rocks, minerals, gems, crystals, fossils, and gold.
Rockhounding Idaho
Author: Garret Romaine
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2010-05-04
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 0762763310
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A complete guide to Idaho's best sites for collecting rocks, minerals, gems, crystals, fossils, and gold.
Rockhounding Idaho
Author: Garret Romaine
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2020-05-01
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 149303412X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A complete guide to finding, collecting, and preparing the state’s gems & minerals Rockhounding Idaho is a must-have book for anyone interested in collecting rocks, minerals, fossils, and gold in the Gem State. Completely up-to-date with over 200 GPS coordinates in ninety-nine collecting locales, it covers popular and widely known fee-dig operations as well as four-wheel-drive adventures into the desert, and long winding drives through the mountains. The result is a complete and accurate guide to the state’s vast riches. The author—a long-time field collector in the Pacific Northwest and an award-winning writer—clearly explains the broad outlines of Idaho’s many collecting locales and mining districts, and provides an appreciation for the geology underneath. You can use this guide to plan expeditions straight across the state or to devise looping road trips that cover a single region in great detail. From agates to zeolites, from garnets to gold, Rockhounding Idaho is the ideal resource for rockhounds of all ages and experience levels. Look inside to find: • Maps and detailed site descriptions with directions • Suggested tools and techniques • Land-use regulations and legal restrictions • Information on nearby camping
Gem Minerals of Idaho
Author: John A. Beckwith
Publisher: Caxton Press
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780870042287
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Gem Minerals of Idaho, designed for beginners and for those collectors visiting Idaho for the first time, it is a guide to some of the countless collecting areas of the state. It is not a textbook of mineralogy and, so far as possible, avoids technical terminology. However, it does contain information of general value on the physical and optical characteristics of minerals, as well as facts concerning history, lore, and fashioning of many of the gems.
Idaho Minerals
Author: Lanny R. Ream
Publisher: Museum of North Idaho Publications
Published: 2004-09
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780972335638
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This revised and updated second edition of Idaho Minerals includes 360 color photographs. It is a complete reference and guide to the minerals of Idaho and includes special chapters on the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, the Blackbird Mining District, and the Sawtooth Mountains. Written with the field collector, armchair collector and mineralogist in mind this guide makes the information on the mineralogy of Idaho available to all those who are curious about the natural world, study minerals or collect minerals. This expanded edition includes 39 new mineral listings, many for minerals new to the state, and dozens of new listings.
Southwest Treasure Hunter's Gem and Mineral Guide (5th ed.)
Author: Kathy J. Rygle
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 2011-06-01
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 0943763797
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Updated 5th Edition with new sites & museums! SOUTHWEST Arizona • California • Colorado • Hawaii • Kansas Nevada • New Mexico • Oklahoma • Texas • Utah Whether you’re digging for the first time or are an experienced rockhound or “prospector,” with a simple rock hammer and a little luck, you too can strike it rich ... or at the very least, have fun trying. This guide offers you easy-to-use information on the ins and outs of “fee dig” mining, complete with locations, costs, tips on technique, entertaining legends and important information on everything from safety kits to the location of the nearest restrooms. Included are resources for use in identifying your finds, exploring the lapidary arts, and further pursuing an exciting—and possibly profitable—hobby. • Equipment and Clothing • Mining Techniques • Gem and Mineral Sites • Museums and Mine Tours • Special Events and Tourist Information • Other Features The Treasure Hunter’s Gem & Mineral Guides to the U.S.A. in 4 regional volumes: Northeast ISBN: 978-0-943763-76-7 Northwest ISBN: 978-0-943763-74-3 Southeast ISBN: 978-0-943763-77-4 Southwest ISBN: 978-0-943763-75-0 Kathy J. Rygle & Stephen F. Pedersen combine their scientific training with a hobbyist’s passion. Lifelong rockhounds, both authors have shared this hobby—begun with their parents—with their children, and have traveled to many “fee dig” sites, museums and mine tours across the United States.
Southwest Treasure Hunter's Gem and Mineral Guide (6th Edition)
Author: Kathy J. Rygle
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 2016-05-02
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 0997014598
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Updated 5th Edition with new sites & museums! Learn Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals SOUTHWEST Arizona California Colorado Hawaii Kansas Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah Whether you’re digging for the first time or are an experienced rockhound or “prospector,” with a simple rock hammer and a little luck, you too can strike it rich ... or at the very least, have fun trying. This guide offers you easy-to-use information on the ins and outs of “fee dig” mining, complete with locations, costs, tips on technique, entertaining legends and important information on everything from safety kits to the location of the nearest restrooms. Included are resources for use in identifying your finds, exploring the lapidary arts, and further pursuing an exciting—and possibly profitable—hobby. Equipment and Clothing: What you need and where to find it (or how to make it yourself). Mining Techniques: Step-by-step instructions on panning for gold, sluicing for gems and other methods. Gem and Mineral Sites: Directions and maps, hours, fees and equipment needed. Also includes info on guide services, local camping facilities and more. Museums and Mine Tours: Where to visit commercial and historical mines, as well as museums with exhibits of gems and minerals (for help in learning what to look for). Special Events and Tourist Information: Listings of regional events involving gems and minerals, and sources of general travel and tourism information for every state. Other Features: Where to find your birthstone ... your anniversary stone ... your zodiac stone; Index by State; Index by Gem/Mineral; U.S. State Gems & Minerals Chart; and more!
The Gem, Mineral & Fossil Collector's Guide to Montana
