Rockhounding, Geology and Mining

A lavishly illustrated guide to discovering dinosaur tracks and traces in the American Southwest. The author, who discovered most of the track sites, takes the reader back in time to a place paleontologists have described as the Jurassic Park of Northern Arizona and Southern...

2nd edition 2025 - The rise of mountains and the spread of deserts has marked the geologic history of Arizona. Landscapes that we see here today are here because of landscapes of the past, and because of tremendous forces deep within the earth, forces...

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 systematic research. What do...

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 elephants, and how Stegosaurus...

By: Robert L. Bates & Julia A. Jackson From aa to zweinkanter, this popular dictionary has now been revised and updated. This edition includes over 1,000 new terms, plus, accurate definitions, word origins, hyphenation and pronunciation guide, commonly used abbreviations, and a geologic time...

A lavishly illustrated who's who of the prehistoric world. Firefly Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals is a stunning new reference to 350 of the most amazing animals ever to have roamed the Earth. More than 1,000 full-color commissioned artworks bring the prehistoric world to...

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 their own fossil seashells...

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 the ecosystems they lived...

In Rocks, Minerals, and Gems, readers will learn about hundreds of rocks, minerals, crystals, and gems that were forged by the most powerful events in prehistory. Explore what specimens look like and how they're used today--readers can use the information to identify rocks and minerals...

By: David Lambert and The Diagram Group The Field Guide to Geology, New Edition recounts the fascinating story of the Earth in a vivid, engaging fashion. Written by a team of eminent geologists and educators, the book is a concise, comprehensive overview of the...

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 history of one of...

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 rocks and landscapes in...

#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • Laugh and learn with fun facts about dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex, Apatosaurus, Triceratops, and more—all told in Dr. Seuss’s beloved rhyming style and starring The Cat in the Hat!“I’m the Cat in the Hat (you have met me before). Today...

This title comes with 100 amazing stickers. This is the most amazingly ferocious dinosaur sticker book ever, with 100 easy-to-peel stickers. You can have fun discovering which of these incredible animals was the biggest, the smallest, the fastest, the slowest...and of course the scariest!...

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 and rock collecting enthusiasts...

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 in search of fossils...

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 Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous...

Edited by: D. T. Griffen and W. R. PhillipsAs the science of geology moves forward, it is important to give critical areas, such as the Beaver Dam Mountains, a re-examination. Recent thinking on extensional tectonics makes this publication and discussions so much more pertinent....

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 truly comprehensive, with fossil...

By: Gerry Blair and revised by Robert Beard Explore the mineral-rich region of Arizona with veteran rockhound Robert Beard’s Rockhounding Arizona, 3rd Edition. Fully revised and updated, unearth treasures from the state’s best rockhounding locations, ranging from popular and commercial sites to numerous lesser-known...