Rockhounding, Geology and Mining
The New Gold Panning is Easy
By: Roy Lagal Anyone can use a pan to recover gold from mountain streams, desert arroyos or wherever it awaits you. Roy Lagal, who has spent a lifetime finding gold, tells just how easy it is. Take your next vacation...
$9.95
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The Broken Land: Adventures in Great Basin Geology
By: Frank L. DeCourten The Broken Land surveys the geological phenomena of the magnificent Great Basin landscape of western Utah, Nevada, eastern California, and adjacent regions. Each chapter focuses on a locality or area that provides insights into the deep...
$24.95
Roadside Geology of Colorado, 3rd Edition
By: Halka Chronic & Felicie Williams The third edition of this popular guide is now even better—it’s full color. Colorado’s multihued rocks—from white and red sandstones to green shales and pink granites—are vividly splashed across the pages in stunning color...
$26.00
Geology of the Great Basin
By: Bill Fiero Since its first publication in 1986, Geology of the Great Basin has become the essential introduction to the geology of this physically complex, ever-changing region. Written in a clear, succinct style and generously illustrated with photographs, diagrams,...
$29.95
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Geological Evolution of the Colorado Plateau of Eastern Utah and Western Colorado
By: Robert Fillmore This newly released, easy-to-read study documents the most recent interpretations of the spectacular geologic features in the eastern half of the Colorado Plateau. More than 200 illustrations complement the step-by-step explanations of the more than 300-million-year evolution...
$29.95
Dowsing for Beginners: How to Find Water, Wealth & Lost Objects
By: Richard Webster You can easily locate gold, water, oil, artifacts, lost objects - even missing people - when you follow the simple instructions in Dowsing for Beginners. With plenty of expert guidance and inspiration from Richard Webster, you'll discover...
$15.99
Dinosaurs: Discover the Awesome Lost World of the Dinosaur
This beautifully illustrated reference book is essential reading for every child with an interest in dinosaurs. Discover amazing facts about these incredible beasts, from the compact Compsognathus to the towering Brachiosaurus. Find out which dinosaur weighed as much as twenty...
$14.99
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Beyond the Visible Landscape: Aerial Panoramas of Utah's Geology
By: W. Kenneth Hamblin This book is unique in that it consists of a series of panoramic photographs, most of them taken from the air. It offers a distinct departure from the landscape photographs we are accustomed to and allows...
$90.00
Rocks and Minerals of the Northern Rockies: A Guide to Gems, Minerals, and Crystals
A Waterproof Fold-out Guide to Gems, Minerals, and Crystals Quick Identification and Unusual Characteristics Appearance and Crystal Shape Color and Hardness A colorful quick identification guide to rocks and minerals in the region. Identification of rocks and minerals is based...
$8.95
Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook
This volume gives you the basic tools to transition from “pebble pup” to expert rockhound and explains everything from geology basics, identification tips, tools of the trade, how to record your findings, and how to set up a lab or...
$24.95
Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual Guide to Prehistoric Animals
From the origin of life, through the age of dinosaurs stalked by the terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex, to the earliest humans, this book tells the story of life on Earth.Dinosaurs may be the stars of the show, but the book is...
$50.00
DK Eyewitness: Rocks & Minerals
Unearth a treasure trove of geological knowledge with this in-depth guide to over 500 rocks and mineralsLearn how rocks are formed and how to recognize them by their unique qualities and colors. This is a wonderful book for beginners, students...
$9.99
DK Smithsonian Handbook: Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life
A comprehensive pocket guide to dinosaurs and prehistoric animals and the world they inhabited millions of years ago.Packed with more than seven hundred full-color illustrations, this definitive pocket guide paints a vivid portrait of extraordinary dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, and...
$19.99
Jurassic West, Second Edition: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World
The famous bone beds of the Morrison Formation, formed one hundred and fifty million years ago and running from Wyoming down through the red rock region of the American Southwest, have yielded one of the most complete pictures of any...
$60.00
The Geologic Story of the Uinta Mountains
By: Wallace Hansen The Uinta Mountains of northeastern Utah are the most prominent east/west range in the continental United States. Through the folding of the earth's crust to flooding by ocean water to glacial erosion, The Geologic Story of the...
$9.95
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Some Dreams Die: Utah's Ghost Towns and Lost Treasures
By: George A. Thompson Some Dreams Die is the most comprehensive guide to Utah's ghost towns ever assembled. In the course of his research the author visited the sites of over four hundred deserted communities, and probed their unique histories....
$25.00
Roadside Geology of Wyoming
By: David R. Lageson & Darwin R. Spearing Wyoming is grandeur: endless plains that sweep beyond the farthest horizon, mountains that challenge the sky, badlands as colorful as any painting. And it all depends on the rocks. Here are Wyoming's...
$20.00
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Life in Stone: Fossils of the Colorado Plateau
By: Christa Sadler Spanning the Four Corners area of the American Southwest, the Colorado Plateau is a remarkable landscape of impressive peaks, high plateaus, and deeply carved canyons. Locked in its colorful rock layers are the fossil remains of organisms...
$12.95
Hiking the Southwest's Geology: Four Corner's Region
By: Ralph Lee Hopkins Eager to explore the dramatic canyons, mesas, and isolated mountain ranges of the Colorado Plateau? Discover ancient sand dunes, a vanished sea, and colorful sedimentary layers, places where dinosaurs once roamed? Hike a slot canyon through...
$24.95
Fossils for Kids: An Introduction to Paleontology
Become a young paleontologist. Learn all about ancient lifeforms preserved in rock. Dan R. Lynch, author of many Rocks & Minerals field guides, presents a kids’ introduction to fossils. Whether children see their first fossil at a museum or find...
$12.95
Ghost Town Treasures: Ruins, Relics & Riches
By: Charles Garrett Searching for America's past is the subject of this book, along with learning how you can profit financially from such a search. Ghost Town Treasures defines what ghost towns are and tells how to locate them through...
$9.95
Geology of Utah's Rivers
By: William T. Parry Despite being the second-driest state in the U.S., Utah has some remarkable rivers. The Bear is the longest river in the country that does not empty into an ocean. The Colorado crosses the most structural barriers...
$19.95
DK Eyewitness: Dinosaur
This is the perfect guide for dinosaur lovers, and great for projects or homework help – with colorful and factual illustrations, and lots of labels and statistics to break down the information into easy bite-sized chunks. Take a trip through the...
$9.99
Smithsonian Handbooks: Fossils
Packed with over 1,000 full-color photographs over more than 500 fossils, this handbook is designed to cut through the complex process of fossil identification to make it accessible to readers of all experience levels. Authoritative text, crystal-clear photography, and a...
$19.99