Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting - A Beginner''s Guide

This is the go-to instructional guide for the beginner rockhounder and prospector.

About the author

Garret Romaine has been an avid rockhound, fossil hunter, and gold prospector for 35 years. He is a long-time journalist, columnist, and technical writer, and teaches technical writing at Portland State University. He is a Fellow in the Society for Technical Communication. He holds a degree in geology from the University of Oregon and a degree in geography from the University of Washington. Since 1997 he has written a regular magazine column for the Gold Prospectors Association of America entitled "Mining the Internet." He is the author of Rockhounding Idaho and Rocks, Gems, and Minerals (both FalconGuides) as well as Gem Trails of Oregon and Gem Trails of Washington. He is also a columnist for Gold Prospectors magazine. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Summary

This is the go-to instructional guide for the beginner rockhounder and prospector.

Product details

• Authors: Garret Romaine, Romaine Garret
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781493032815
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-3281-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Rockhounding Series
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Mineralogy, petrography; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; Gold, Hobby, SPORTS & RECREATION / Outdoor Skills, Science, NATURE / Rocks & Minerals, Outdoors, NATURE / Fossils, SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference, hobbies, MINERALS, Learning, Outside, recreation, activities, Crafting, rocks, Rules, Collector, Collection, geology, Reference works, learn, Outdoor survival skills, Pictures, Collecting, Rocks, minerals & fossils, discussions, fossils, Rocks, minerals and fossils: general interest, recreational, procedures, REGULATIONS, treasures, pictorials, preserving, polishing, meteorites, labs, identify, rock groups, displaying