Minerals, Fossils, And Fluorescents of Arizona: A Field Guide for Collectors

Bearce, Neil R.

ISBN 10: 0974984612 / ISBN 13: 9780974984612

Published by Arizona Desert Ice Pr, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Minerals, Fossils, And Fluorescents of Arizona: A Field Guide for Collectors
• Publisher: Arizona Desert Ice Pr
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0974984612
• ISBN 13: 9780974984612
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

From the author of "Minerals of Arizona-a Field Guide for Collectors", comes a second field guide for Arizona collectors. This is not an updated version of "Minerals of Arizona", but an entirely new, expanded field guide designed for not only the mineral collector, but for fossil and fluorescent collectors as well. No other Arizona rockhound book contains special independent sctions on fossils and fluorescents. The field research for this work took over 3 years during which the author traveled over 25,000 miles across Arizona and visited over 300 potential collecting sites. To aide the collector, Minerals, Fossils, and Fluorescents includes: - 90 collecting sites complete with site photographs and National Geographic Topo! (C) maps. - Global positioning system coordinates for each location. - A difficulty scale informing the reader of the effort required to reach, navigate, and collect at each site. - chapters covering the basic science of the minerals, fossils, and fluorescents to be collected. - The geological formations at each site and the scientific properties of the speimens found there. - 20 pages of full color photographs of specimens by the well-known mineral photographer Jeffrey Scovil including 5 pages of fluorescent minerals. - Over 400 pages of text, maps, and collecting site and specimen photographs.

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From the author of "minerals of Arizona" comes a new field guide for the Arizona collector. This is an entirely new expanded guide designed not only for the mineral collector, but for fossil and fluorerscent collectors as well. No other Arizona rockhound book contains special sections for fossils and fluorescents. The field research for this book took over 3 years, during which the author traveled over 25,00 miles across the state and visited over 300 potential collecting sites.