Rockhounding, Geology and Mining

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...

Rocks, Gems, and Minerals of the Rocky Mountains is a field guide to more than 130 of the most common and sought-after rocks, gems, and minerals hidden throughout the Rocky Mountains. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed photographs, this...

Examining in detail at least one amazing fossil site in every state, Albert Dickas clearly explains the critters preserved in the rocks, from sharks and rhinoceroses to trilobites and horn corals. At some sites, you can sift through the shale...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...