Colorado Gem and Mineral Collecting Localities
Author | : Charles Baldwin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1980-01-01 |
Genre | : Minerals |
ISBN | : 9780933472082 |
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Author | : Charles Baldwin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1980-01-01 |
Genre | : Minerals |
ISBN | : 9780933472082 |
Author | : Richard M. Pearl |
Publisher | : Ohio University Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : |
This famous book takes you on an extensive gem and mineral collecting tour of Colorado, revealing the interesting places where Nature has stored her treasures. Detailed directions are given for reaching the noted as well as the little-known localities in all sections of this great mineral-producing state. Included are numerous mileage logs never before published, and many sketch maps made especially for this book. A unique system arranges the localities along segments of the main highways. Latest information is given on local travel and collecting conditions and land ownership, so much desired by collectors who want to make the best use of their time. Gem and mineral societies that welcome visitors -- museums that display outstanding collections -- are all described. Official maps and references to the literature are listed.
Author | : Stephen M. Voynick |
Publisher | : Mountain Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780878422920 |
Your complete guide to the state's rich and varied mineral, gemstone, and fossil sources. In Colorado, rockhounds may pick agate and petrified wood from the vast Great Plains, follow dinosaur tracks on hogback ridges, pan gold in mountain streams, hunt g
Author | : Gary Warren |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2023-12-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1493067915 |
Rockhounding Colorado takes you to 81 of the best rockhounding sites in the state. Search for amethyst and quartz at the Crystal Hill Mine, check out the view at Douglas Pass while looking for leaf imprints and insect fossils, or head to Saint Peters Dome to uncover green, white, and purple fluorite.
Author | : Edwin B. Eckel |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 2015-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781519732507 |
This is a summary of the known facts about the minerals that make up the rocks, soils, and ore deposits of Colorado. Compilation and abridgment of the literature from 1858, when gold was discovered, through 1957 (with a few additions for 1958 and 1959) is supplemented by information from unpublished sources. Designed to be of use to both professional and amateur mineralogists, the main part of the report describes the chief occurrences of 445 mineral species,42 of them first found in Colorado, together with many subspecies, varieties, and discredited "type" species. Directions for finding these localities are also given in the text. The bibliography contains more than 800 selected references to the most significant literature on the subject
Author | : James R. Mitchell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Colorado |
ISBN | : 9781889786414 |
This updated and expanded second edition features over 90 locations, including 27 new sites, where collectors can explore the mineral, gem and fossil treasures of Colorado. Includes clear maps and directions, detailed descriptive text, site photos, full-color specimen photo insert, lists of rock and mineral clubs, mineral museums and mine tours, a mineral locator index and glossary.
Author | : Kevin Singel |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2018-05-26 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781719553469 |
Travel guide book inspired by the gold prospecting origin of Colorado. Includes touring information on all the major towns founded as gold mining camps as well as summaries of each town's origin story. Includes reviews and recommendations on historic districts to visit, mines to tour, driving tours of ghost towns and places to gold pan. Includes information on 16 historic districts, 31 museums, 18 mines, 186 gold panning sites across the state of Colorado. Thoroughly researched to confirm public access to the panning sites (no private property or areas subject to mining claim has been included - unlike other books.)Written by a long-time Colorado resident and gold prospector. Based on years of research and field work.Get your share of the gold by prospecting for it in historic, urban, and remote locations across the gold districts of Colorado.
Author | : William Estavillo |
Publisher | : American Traveler Press |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9781558381186 |
Striking full-color guides. Bound in water repellent, film laminated covers. Extensive center-spread maps of the state highlights locations featured in each book. Special 8-pocket and 4-pocket lucite display racks available with purchase of the series.
Author | : Stephen M. Voynick |
Publisher | : Mountain Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
New Mexico ranks among the best mineral and fossil collecting regions in the nation and is a destination for rockhounds the world over. Beginning with background information to get you started, New Mexico Rockhounding--organized geographically by county a
Author | : James R. Mitchell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |