Colorado Rocks & Minerals: A Field Guide To The Centennial State (Rocks & Minerals Identification Guides) Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
Get the perfect guide to rocks and minerals of the Centennial State! The book features comprehensive entries for 115 Colorado rocks and minerals, from common rocks to rare finds. The easy-to-use format means you'll quickly find what you need to know and where to look, while the authors' photographs depict the detail needed for identification - no need to guess from line drawings. With this field guide in hand, identifying and collecting can be fun and informative.
Series: Rocks & Minerals Identification Guides
Paperback: 280 pages
Publisher: Adventure Publications; Colorado Field Guides edition (November 2, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1591932386
ISBN-13: 978-1591932383
Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 0.6 x 6.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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Great book with beautiful pictures for a great price. Small book made to throw in your backpack. Paper quality is sturdy and it is holding up well. If you want to preview it first, try checking it out at your local library. I checked out every rockhound book at our library all at once and this book is what fit our lifestyle, needs, and my childrens ages. It was also the last book I received from the library because it is very popular and I had to wait several months before it became available from the holds.
Many books about rocks and minerals begin and end with the glamorous stuff: gemstones, precious metals, etc., but beginners are rarely treated to such exalted elements when grubbing around in local stones. This book explains and depicts not only the rare finds but also the underlying rocks and minerals common to our area. The text was thorough but easy to understand. In all, the book promoted my new interest very well.
For years we drove past formations and marveled at what geologic events caused such beauty. Occasionally we would stop and collect rocks or minerals (not in National Parks of course) and wondered how these beautiful gems were created. Using this guide, we are learning what geologic period of time the gems came from and what unique event formed them. Conversations at each stop are now so varied and full of even more wonder than before this book arrived in our lives.
A nice guide to identify local gems and minerals. There's a lot of general information not specific to Colorado, but useful none the less. Many photos that lack necessary color and definition, as if they were photos digitized at the advent of photo scanning technology, otherwise accurate, and well organized.
Very informative guide for the CO rock hound! It's a great field guide on what to look for in stones, minerals and gems in the CO region--I haven't had a chance to actually use it yet, but have read it and it seems to contain great knowledge by the writer on what to look for when prospecting.
If you are looking for a guide that is Colorado-based with easy-to-find pictures/categories/etc., this is the book! My fiance got four books for Christmas, and this is his favorite and the most user-friendly and applicable.
Very good book. Great layout(love the quick identification section in the front) easy to understand and made with thick water ressistant paper. A perfect book for a novice rock hound
A nice guide to get my Grandkids interested in the rocks on a trip to the Colorado mountains. Great pictures and information.
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