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Seeing fluorescent minerals up close for the first time is an exciting experience. The colors are so pure and the glow is so seemingly unnatural, that it is hard to believe they are natual rocks. Hundreds of glowing minerals are shown, including Aragonite, Amazonite, Feldspar, Hardystonite, Leucophanite, Microcline, Smithsonite, plus many more. But don't let the hard-to-pronounce names keep you away. Over 800 beautiful color photographs illustrate how fluorescent minerals look under the UV light, and in daylight, making this an invaluable field guide. Here are minerals from the United States, including mines in New Jersey, New York, Arizona, and California as well as beautiful and unusual minerals from Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Italy, Sweden, and other places. Included are values, a comprehensive resources section, plus helpful advice on caring for, collecting, and displaying minerals. The field of collecting fluorescent minerals is relatively new and this one of the most complete references available.

Covering more than 350 of Colorado's mineral, gemstone, and fossil collecting sites, Colorado Rockhounding provides rock hunters with an overview of the state's geologic origins and mining history, along with guidelines for safe, legal, and responsible rockhounding. Illustrated county by county descriptions reveal geologic and historic treasures in every corner of the state. Tips for field identification of 76 Colorado minerals ensure successful outings, even for neophyte collectors.

Whether you yearn to follow dinosaur tracks on hogback ridges, pan gold in mountain streams, hunt gemstones on towering peaks, or prospect in historic mining districts, let Colorado Rockhounding be your guide.

There are over 140 collecting localities described and mapped out in this field guide to the gem and mineral localities of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts in California. Desert Gem Trails is profusely illustrated with detailed maps and provides concise road logs and directions to collecting spots. The author details what types of specimens and rough are found and what types of tools and equipment are required to collect them. Information regarding road conditions, camping and nearby points of interest is also provided.

Much more than a fee mining guide, Fee Mining and Mineral Adventures in the Eastern U.S. is a treasure trove of interesting sites to see and things to do related to rocks and minerals, gemstones, crystals, fossils, gold and other treasures. It describes a total of 270 sites of potential interest to rockhounds and their families including 75 digging sites for collectors, 79 museums for viewing and learning, 68 cave and cavern adventures and tours, along with many historic and natural points of interest.

Whether you are an experienced rockhound or prospector, or a family on vacation, you'll find fun, adventure, and maybe precious gems, gold or hidden treasures of man or nature. Fee Mining and Mineral Adventures in the Eastern U.S. will show you where to mine for Herkimer diamonds in New York, genuine diamonds in Arkansas, dive for treasure in Florida, pan for gold in North Carolina, explore caves from Missouri to Pennsylvania, dig for fluorescent minerals in New Jersey, beachcomb for fossils in South Carolina, and much, much more!

Organized by state, site information includes seasons and times of operation, address and contact information, cost, tools, and supplies needed. Interesting history, regional attractions, and camping information help make your trip even more enjoyable. Includes sites and points of interest in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North and South Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

This unique guide will direct you to a wide variety of "fee and free" rockhounding and mineral adventures throughout the western United States. Using this up-dated and revised edition of Fee Mining and Rockhounding Adventures in the West you can visit 100 collecting locations plus 153 museums, caves, points of interest, fairs and festivals. Digging locations are varied and include fee mines, gold prospecting areas, collecting sites for rocks, minerals and fossils, and adventure and cave tours.

Whether you are a casual hobbyist, a serious collector, or a family vacation, Fee Mining and Rockhounding Adventures in the West will be your indispensable guide to new rockhounding and prospecting adventures. It will show you where to mine for brilliant sapphires in Montana, find a petrified dinosaur bone in Colorado, collect smithsonite in New Mexico, precious fire agates in Arizona, and coveted opal in Nevada. You'll visit numerous mines and historic sites of the California gold rush. Search for fossilized fish and dinosaur bones in Wyoming. Discover gold in rivers and streams in Oregon, Washington and Alaska.

Organized by state, site information includes seasons and times of operation, address and contact information, cost, tools, and supplies needed. Interesting history, regional attractions, and camping information help make your trip even more enjoyable. Includes sites and points of interest in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

Florida is a land of geological wonders, from its little-known earthquake history to the rich new fossil hunting grounds constantly being revealed by commercial development and quarrying activity. Much more than a fashionable resort or retirement destination, Florida ranks fifth in mineral production among all the United States. Florida's surprising mineral wealth ranges from commercial mines to coral islands; from valuable industrial metals like zirconium and titanium to such collectable treasures as chalcedony, petrified wood, ivory and stunning crystals.

You can gather Florida's mineral riches from the waters of the state's 34 major rivers, or find them waiting in the darkness of its 375 dry caves. Alongside a wondrous number of fossil remnants of such prehistoric creatures as jaguar, tapir, and mammoth, you will unearth arrowheads, stone knives, spear points and other relics of the tools early man hunted them with. Florida's Geological Treasures will show you where to collect every type of mineral and fossil in Florida, and explain their origin and geologic history. Maps of the collecting areas, tips on carving, collecting, tools, and techniques for identifying and preserving your finds will help you to prepare to uncover the remarkable variety, beauty and wealth of Florida's geological treasures.

Florida's Geological Treasures is organized into 10 chapters dividing the state into zones and geologic provinces: (1) What Can You Find?; (2) Collecting And Then Identifying; (3) Northern Highlands Zone; (4) Marianna Lowlands Zone; (5) Special Hunting Territory: Caves, Rivers, Springs, Sinks; (6) Gulf Coastal Lowlands Zone; (7) Southern Zone; (8) Eastern Coastal Lowlands Zone; (9) Central Highlands Zone; and (10) Central Highlands Zone Phosphate Area. An eight-page section features color photographs of Florida mineral specimens. Appendices include (A) Gem, Mineral and Fossil Clubs; (B) Rock, Mineral, and Fossil Museums and Exhibits; (C) Additional Information and Resources on Florida Geology; and (D) Text of Florida Law Regarding Caves and Fossils.

If you are interested in rockhounding or artifact collecting in Florida, you will appreciate the information in this guide.

Newly revised and updated, the Gem and Mineral Collector's Guide To Idaho now combines Volumes I & II into one handy rockhounding guide.

From Bathtub Mountain and Ruby Rapids to Paris Canyon and Cinder Butte, author Lanny Ream leads the collector to over 40 of the best mineral, fossil and gemstone sites Idaho has to offer. Find the best spot in Rabbit Springs to find agate-filled thundereggs or where to hunt for precious opal in Spencer.

A comprehensive list of Bureau of Land Management agencies and National Forest Services throughout Idaho is included to aid in planning your collecting adventures. Complete with individual site maps, an overview map, detailed directions, and photographs, the Gem and Mineral Collector's Guide To Idaho is an essential guide to rockhounding and collecting in Idaho.

Arizona is known the world over for the abundance and variety of its geological treasures. In a landscape as diverse as the minerals themselves, this rich trove of gemstones can be found in sites ranging from arid desert to pine-covered peaks. Newly revised, the fourth edition of this best-selling guide contains the latest updates on the familiar sites and features twenty new locations for collecting rocks, minerals, crystals, and fossils, more than 90 collection sites in all!

Gem Trails of Arizona features detailed text describing where to go and what to look for at each site, maps for each site pinpointing the best supplies of specimens, photographs depicting the collecting areas, a new glossary to help you identify your finds, and a full color photographic portfolio of spectacular Arizona gems. Filled with expert advice based on years of experience, Gem Trails of Arizona is an indispensable handbook for the rockhound who is just starting to explore the wealth of this colorful state. The seasoned collector too will find this an invaluable reference.

Gem Trails of Colorado

Completely revised and updated with 28 new sites, Gem Trails of Nevada is the collector's guide to over 75 of the best gem, fossil and mineral collecting areas the Silver State has to offer. From opal mines and mountain passes to abandoned ghost mining towns and parched deserts, the extensive landscape and mineral wealth of Nevada is still out there for the avid gem and mineral collector. Find out where to look, what to look for, what to bring, how to get there and what you can expect to find. And along the way you can expect to enjoy some of the natural wonders and earthly treasures that only Nevada has to offer.

Sites are divided into four geographical regions and are presented with directions, rockhounding tips, descriptive text, updated highway and site maps, and numerous black and white photos. Also included are a handy mineral locator index, a glossary, lists of museums, rock clubs, government agencies and a full-color insert of rock, fossil and mineral specimens found within Nevada's prolific borders. More than 75 locations throughout the state.

New Mexico is a rockhound's paradise - 122,000 square miles, some mountainous and forested, but much of it is arid with little vegetation. Large amounts of public land are available for collecting. From micromount and gem quality mineral specimens, to fossil pieces containing life forms that are millions of years old, there is something of interest to both the novice and experienced collector.

Divided into four geographical regions, detailed maps, driving directions, descriptive text and helpful rockhounding tips lead collectors from the geologic wonderland of Bisti to the unbelievable variety of collectibles at the Rockhound State Park. New Mexico's extensive landscape and mineral wealth are highlighted here in color as well as black and white photographs. This latest fully revised edition of a classic, best-selling rockhound guide adds 34 new sites, updates the old ones, and details the finest rock, mineral and gem sites "The Land of Enchantment" has to offer. More than 100 locations throughout the state.

Gem Trails of Northern California

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Completely revised and updated, Gem Trails of Texas is the classic guide to over 50 of the best rockhounding sites the Lone Star State has to offer. Sites are presented with directions, rockhounding tips, descriptive text, updated maps and numerous black and white photos. Divided into six geographical regions, which include convenient introductions to each area and a site locator map, this field guide also contains: a handy mineral locator index; glossary; lists of museums and gem and mineral societies; and a beautiful full-color insert of rock, fossil and mineral specimens found along the gem trails

From rolling green hills and rocky mountains to lake beaches and southwestern ranches, this book will tell you where to look, what to look for, what to bring, how to get there and what you can expect to find. Whether you are an amateur or experienced rockhound, Gem Trails of Texas is the essential guide to finding quality rock, fossil, mineral and gem sites throughout Texas.

Welcome to rockhounding in Utah! You'll find many unique opportunities in a landscape as diverse as the gems, minerals, and fossils found here. There are trunks of petrified wood, faceting grade labradorite, topaz crystals of a color and clarity that rival any found anywhere, boulders of obsidian, delicate halite crystals and much, much more. Detailed text and maps lead the gem hunter to abandoned mine dumps, stunning desert terrain, deep canyons, pristine mountains and beautiful lakes in the search for specimens.

Black and white photos highlight the collecting area. A color section aids in specimen identification. This latest edition of a classic, best-selling guide is invaluable for the rockhounds just starting out, filled with expert advice and years of experience. For the collector who has been discovering Utah's treasures for years, it is an outstanding source of the old and the new sites in one handy volume. More than 75 locations throughout the state.

The GPS Guide To Western Gem Trails

A classic guide to collecting in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio since 1955, Midwest Gem, Fossil and Mineral Trails - Great Lakes States has been revised and updated. Geologically the Midwest is an incredible land carved by glaciers and situated on the incomparable Great Lakes, the location of the upper Mississippi River Valley and the Ohio River. The copper country of Michigan, the iron ranges of Minnesota, the fluorite area of Illinois, and the limestones of Indiana are unsurpassed. Wisconsin holds great promise for copper, lead, and zinc, and it's granite is a national favorite.

Ohio, a leading coal producer, has yielded some of the finest fossils ever found. Diamonds and gold have been found here too; the reserves of minerals are tremendous. There are miles of beaches on the Great Lakes and other glacial lakes, along reservoirs, and along the rivers and streams of this region where Lake Superior agates, fossils, and minerals can be found. The author, who has been collecting in these states for over 50 years, describes how to hunt your own, where and what to collect, and where to find additional information on each state. An indispensable guide for the rock hobbyist, lapidary and fossil enthusiast, this book highlights the best of each area in one compact volume.

First published in 1955, Midwest Gem, Fossil and Mineral Trails - Prairie States is an indispensable guide for any rockhound collecting in South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas or Missouri. For the rock hobbyist, lapidary and fossil enthusiast these states have much to offer, Lake Superior agates are widespread. Magnificent fossils occur in each state. superb crystals of quartz, calcite, pyrite, marcasite, dolomite, celestite, selenite, sphalerite, and barite are not difficult to come by. There are also numerous rare minerals which provide an extra thrill for the field collector.

This updated edition describes where and what to collect, how to hunt on your own, and where to get more information and additional help in each state. Helpful hints for collecting minerals, gem materials, and invertebrate fossils are highlighted by an author who has collected in these states for over 50 years. An essential guide for the beginning and experienced collector alike, Midwest Gem, Fossil and Mineral Trails - Prairie States, highlights the best of the region in one handy volume.

Minerals of Arizona

Whether a billion year-old rock or 100 year-old whiskey bottle strikes your fancy, the Northwest has treasures to uncover. One simply cannot segregate the rockhound from the bottle and relic collector, the prospector from the treasure hunter, or the history buff from the photographer. N.W. Gem Fields and Ghost Town Atlas combines all these interests in one book of maps.

Modern highways and cities are shown in black. The ghost towns and historic places appear with anecdotes giving their years and importance, all red in outline. The rock hunting areas are in red, naming the gems or minerals to be found. Information provided includes areas of interest in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Maps include vicinities of Seattle, Spokane, Missoula, Great Falls, East Montana/North Dakota, Tacoma, Yakima, Idaho/Montana, Butte, Livingston, Portland, John Day, Salmon River, Yellowstone, Casper, South Dakota, Medford, Burns, Boise, Pocatello, Rawlings, and Laramie. Many of the locations are on public land and may be explored and hunted freely.

Rockhounding in Eastern New York and Nearby New England

Search for gold in the Superstition Mountains. Dig for turquoise at the foot of the Hieroglyphic Range. Hunt for jasper in the historic mining district near Bagdad. An outstanding sourcebook for experts and novices alike, Rockhounding Arizona points the way to seventy-five of the best rockhounding sites in Arizona, including popular and commercial areas as well as lesser-known sites on public land. Inside you will find maps and detailed site descriptions with directions, suggested tools and techniques, land-use regulations and legal restrictions, as well as contact information for land managers. Gerry Blair is a contributing editor for Rock and Gem Magazine and is considered one of the most experienced and knowledgeable rockhounds in Arizona

A fascinating treasure hunt awaits you in the Centennial State. Rockhounding Colorado takes you to nearly one hundred of the best rockhounding sites in the state. Search for amethyst and quartz at the Crystal Hill Mine. Check out the view at Douglas Pass while looking for leaf imprints and insect fossils. Or head to Saint Peters Dome to uncover green, white, and purple fluorite.

Veteran rockhounders William and Cora Kappele lend their more than thirty years of experience, outlining some of the best places to turn up rhodonite, agate, pyrite, and more. You'll get the inside dirt on the best seasons to hunt, what you'll find at each site, where to spend the night, and even special attractions to visit while you're in the area. Inside you will find detailed descriptions of each site, information on what tools and what kind of vehicle you will need and lists of BLM, county office, and National Forest contact information.

Search for stunning Montana agate along the Yellowstone River. Hunt for sapphires at the Spokane Bar Sapphire Mine. Help paleontologists excavate dinosaurs in Malta. Rockhounding Montana points the way to the best rockhounding in the state, including popular and commercial areas as well as lesser known sites on public land. This guide is an excellent source book for experts and novices alike.

Inside you will find maps and detailed site descriptions with directions and GPS coordinates, suggested tools and techniques, land-use regulations and legal restrictions, as well as contact information for land managers and additional information on rock shops, attractions, and lcoal history.

If you agree that being able to find agate, opal, jasper, fossils, flourescent minerals, obsidian, chalcedony, wonderstone, malachite, petrified wood, limb casts, and much more constitutes a paradise, then you should stop reading right now and head for Nevada.

But before you go, be sure to pick up a copy of Rockhounding Nevada to guide you to the 94 best sites in the state. Veteran rockhound and author William A. Kappele provides detailed directions to each site, concise information about the materials and gem stones you may find there, what tools to bring, the best season to visit, what kind of vehicle you will need to get there, and a wealth of other information to tantalize beginners as well as the most ardent rockhounds. After his 30-odd years of scouring the American West for lapidary fodder, Kappele says many of the sites in Rockhounding Nevada are by far some of the best he's yet encountered.

A complete guide to finding, collecting, and preparing the state's gems and minerals. More than a third of New Mexico is public land that hold untold quantities of mineralogical treasure. With this book anyone can learn where to find unusual mineral displays, fossils, japser, agate, and petrified wood-not to mention more obsidian than one rockhound could possibly collect in a lifetime. An outstanding resource for experts and novices alike, Rockhounding New Mexico points the way to 140 of the state's best rockhounding sites, including popular and commercial areas as well as lesser-known sites on public land.

Inside you will find maps and detailed site descriptions with directions and GPS coordinates, suggested tools and techniques, land-use regulations and legal restrictions, as well as contact information for land managers and additional information on rock shops, attractions, and lcoal history.

As William A. Kappele reminds us in the introduction to Rockhounding Utah, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Accordingly, he gives us "just the facts" that rockhounds need to know to find their way to the best collecting sites in the Beehive State and what mineral samples, rocks, and formations are to be foune there. Still, most readers will find between the lines that Kappele can't quite squelch his enthusiasm for the grandeur of Utah's exposed formations, its canyon walls etched with fossils, and the spires and arches of the Needles District in Canyonlands National Park.

Kappele, who has traveled the western United States for 30 years in search of rocks, gems and other lapidary pleasures, brings his experience to bear on Utah's 54.4 million acres, providing detailed descriptions of 86 sites. Each description includes concise information on the material to be found there, the tools to bring, the best season to visit, the vehicle to drive, or when a remote find suggests it's time to lace up the hiking boots. Readers can glean new insights into the obsidian of the Black rock sites, jasper at Hell's Backbone, petrified wood at Bullfrog Turnoff, and fossils of sea lilies along the Wasatch Range.

Rockhounding Wyoming is an introduction to a fascinating treasure hunt for those seeking jade, agate, bloodstone, fossils, petrified wood, flourite, or other precious stones. although the rockhounding treasures are many in this vast and sparsley populated state, author Kenneth Graham points out that "sometimes the joy is in the search itself." The 75 sites described in this guide will take you across the red desert to the high mountian majesty of the Big Horns and Wind Rivers as well as the geologic wonders of Yellowstone National Park.

Graham, a former hardrock miner, developed an interest in rocks at an early age. In Rockhounding Wyoming, Graham shares his enthusiasm for rockhounding and his appreciation for the diverse Wyoming landscape that holds the treasure. Each description provides detailed information complete with maps on how to find the remote as well as popular digs, what will likely be found there, the tools to bring, the best season to visit, the appropriate vehicle to drive, or when to lace up your hiking boots to get to those out-of-the-way places.

"Rockhounding"-the popular term for the hobby of collecting rocks, and minerals. But beyond the possibility of making a new find or valuable discovery, rockhounding offers all ages the opportunity to learn about the nature and history of our physical world, and to explore it in landscapes as diverse as the rocks and minerals found there. In this greatly expanded edition of The Rockhound's Handbook, you will learn about: basic geology and mineral formation, minerals you can find and how to identify them, planning a successful field trip, collecting tools and techniques, finding gold and other heavy minerals, fossil formation and collecting fossils, the legal aspects of collecting, specimen preparation and display, and the basics of lapidary and jewelry making. Numerous diagrams and photographs, a full-color insert of over 90 mineral and fossil specimens, an extensive glossary, and lists of government agencies and mineral museums, make this an indispensable how-to book for the beginner and a handy reference guide for the experienced collector.

Rocks and Minerals of California

This is the new, updated & expanded 3rd edition of Northeast Treasure Hunter's Gem & Mineral Guide. 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.

Also included is information on: equipment & clothing, mining techniques, gem and mineral sites, museums & mine tours, special events & tourist information and much more.

This edition includes the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Indiana, Illinois, Main, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

This is the new, updated & expanded 3rd edition of Northwest Treasure Hunter's Gem & Mineral Guide. 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.

Also included is information on: equipment & clothing, mining techniques, gem and mineral sites, museums & mine tours, special events & tourist information and much more.

This edition includes the following states: Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming.

This is the new, updated & expanded 3rd edition of Southeast Treasure Hunter's Gem & Mineral Guide. 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.

Also included is information on: equipment & clothing, mining techniques, gem and mineral sites, museums & mine tours, special events & tourist information and much more.

This edition includes the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

This is the new, updated & expanded 3rd edition of Southwest Treasure Hunter's Gem & Mineral Guide. 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.

Also included is information on: equipment & clothing, mining techniques, gem and mineral sites, museums & mine tours, special events & tourist information and much more.

This edition includes the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

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