Rockhounding for Beginners, Lars W. Johnson
Rockhounding for Beginners, Lars W. Johnson
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Rockhounding for Beginners
Your Comprehensive Guide to Finding and Collecting Precious Minerals, Gems, Geodes, & More

Author: Lars W. Johnson, Stephen M. Voynick

Narrator: Justin Price

Unabridged: 7 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/31/2023


Synopsis

Go on an outdoor treasure hunt and enjoy all nature has to offer with this field guide to rockhounding, perfect for armchair geologists or anyone headed out on an adventure!

Geology meets treasure hunting with this field guide to rockhounding! If you've ever kept an interesting rock or shell, bought a polished stone from a gift shop, or even just enjoyed a 'gram of a really cool crystal, congratulations! You've already experienced a rockhounding adventure!

Rockhouding for Beginners shows you how to take your rockhounding to the next level, providing everything you need to know from tips for finding local sources for really cool finds to techniques for safely cleaning, cutting, polishing, and caring for the best samples. This guide has all the rockhounding information you need whether you're ready to get down and dirty or simply want to learn more from the comfort of your couch.

About Lars W. Johnson

Lars W. Johnson was born and raised in the northwest, and has been an avid rockhound since his childhood. He is dedicated to inspiring enthusiasm and inclusivity to those new to rockhounding, and a renewed curiosity for locating, collecting, and sharing experiences that seasoned rockhounds could appreciate. He currently owns a rock shop in Portland, Oregon, and runs the blog Two Rockhounds with his wife Amber Lee.


Reviews

Not bad but quite quite quite basic......more

Goodreads review by Lukasz on September 22, 2023

Ostatnio zainteresowałem się geologią i ponieważ urlop spędzałęm w Beskidach chodząc po szlakach górskich chciałem pozbierać trochę kamieni i skał. Postanowiłem więc sięgnąć po tą książkę aby lepiej wiedzieć czego i jak szukać. Co prawda jest to poradnik dla poszukiwaczy minerałów i kamieni po konty......more

Goodreads review by drace on April 19, 2022

I love when my hobbies converge and I get to read AND learn more about rocks B) This was a pretty good, comprehensive overview of rockhounding and I learned a lot but the title doesn't lie when it says it's for beginners. If you want something more in-depth this probably isn't the book for you. Howe......more

Goodreads review by Jez on January 18, 2023

A lot of information, but it would be helpful for pics of what gravel looks like in the ocean, what gravel deposits would look like, etc. let a true beginner know what they are looking for.......more