In this up-dated edition detailed text and maps lead rockhounds to over 76 locations where 60 varieties of California's mineral and fossil treasures can be collected, and weekend prospectors can pan for gold. Full-color specimen photos inspire your collecting efforts and black and white photos help to locate sites as diverse as the minerals themselves. With a Mineral Locator Index and Glossary and helpful contact info, this is the most complete guide to gem, fossil and mineral collecting in Northern California.
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Gold is more common than you think. Did you know the average active gold miner recovers between 6 - 20 ounces per mining season and that is with just basic gold equipment, not heavy machinery. At $1500 an ounce that would be a low of $9,000 up to $30,000.Most "newish" miners will only work gold bearing ground while on their 2 - 3 week vacation so in reasonable gold country you can easily earn $9,000, once you understand some basic gold hiding places. The key here is knowledge. If you go out into gold country without a reasonable knowledge of how gold behaves, you will struggle just to find a few flakes.I have written this gold guide to speed and direct you to finding gold in good quantities.Years ago I was there, green as grass, a newbie to gold mining, not knowing where to dig to find gold, being happy when I found just one flake. It was only when my Uncle introduced me to some of his seasoned miner friends up in Atlin, B.C. Canada that I started finding some cashable quantities of gold.Tips and innovative ways to recover way more of the yellow treasure we all want are in this guide. A lot of this information is from those seasoned miners that were totally old school in their approach. It still amazes me how moving less than 20 feet in a different direction can yield over half an ounce of gold in less than an hour versus spinning your wheels in unfruitful ground such a short distance away. It is like gambling when you know everyone's cards before you bet. You go to where the gold is, not where it isn't. Let the miners without your knowledge pan or sluice in those "dead spots".Give yourself a raise, paid in gold, today with "Where Gold is Found".
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This handy identification guide to the most common kinds of rocks and minerals offers concise and fascinating information on;Physical and chemical propertiesOrigins and geologic significanceGems and semiprecious stonesHow to find and collect specimensIllustrated in full color throughout, this is a gem of a guide for rockhounds and mineral collectors!
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“A gleeful, poetic book. . . . Like the best natural histories, Dirt is a kind of prayer.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review “You are about to read a lot about dirt, which no one knows very much about.” So begins the cult classic that brings mystery and magic to “that stuff that won’t come off your collar.” John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Saint Phocas, Darwin, and Virgil parade through this thought-provoking work, taking their place next to the dung beetle, the compost heap, dowsing, historical farming, and the microscopic biota that till the soil. With fresh eyes and heartfelt reverence, William Bryant Logan variously observes, “There is glamour to the study of rock”; “The most mysterious place on Earth is right beneath our feet”; and “Dirt is the gift of each to all.” Whether Logan is traversing the far reaches of the cosmos or plowing through our planet’s crust, his delightful, elegant, and surprisingly soulful meditations greatly enrich our concept of “dirt,” that substance from which we all arise and to which we all must return.
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This field guide contains detailed information with an innovative format that makes field identification a snap! The guide will help you know what to look for and where.
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Complete beginner's guide, with vertebrate and invertebrate fossil descriptions.
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Written and designed for the beginner, this book describes and illustrates the most common and interesting rocks and minerals, from simple sandstone to exotic gems. Illustrated with dozens of beautiful color photographs, it tells how these rocks and minerals formed and how to identify them--and includes tips on collecting.
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This revised edition has entailed a thorough re-writing of the text, taking account of the impressive advances that have been made in all aspects of earth sciences, particularly mineralogy, over the recent years.
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Globe Pequot Press Rockhounding Utah
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