Rockhounding for Beginners

Your Comprehensive Guide to Finding and Collecting Precious Minerals, Gems, Geodes, & More

By: Lars W. Johnson, Stephen M. Voynick - contributor

Narrated by: Justin Price

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.

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Very well read. A textbook that flows.

I really enjoyed this book. it was very easy to listen to and very informative. The narrator's voice is perfectly paced and it makes the content easier to digest. What seems like it should have been boring was very entertaining.

Terrible

Several hours of describing mineral properties. You can easily google everything in this book. Very little actual rockhounding.