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Earth Treasures Volume 1: The Northeastern Quadrant (Earth Treasures (Back In Print))


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Earth Treasures Volume 1: The Northeastern Quadrant (Earth Treasures (Back in Print))

 
 
Average Rating:    out of 4 Reviews
Price: $27.95
Sale: $17.69
 
Manufacturer: Backinprint.com
EAN (European Article Number): 9780595089581
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Allan W. Eckert
Publisher: Backinprint.com
Dewey Decimal Number: 552
Publication Date: 2000-05-01
Reading Level: 504
 
 
Description: Here at last, is the ultimate guidebook to actual locales that can be driven to for collecting rocks, minerals and fossils in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. The four volumes, with over 1,200 maps, describe over 5,000 specific sites; this Volume 1 includes over 300 to-scale maps marked with over 1,000 collecting sites and detailed directions on getting there, the types of rocks, minerals and fossils to be found at each site, and how and where to search once you've arrived.
 
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Customer Reviews
 
Review Summary: outstanding regional field trip guide Date: 2008-11-03
 
Details: BACK IN PRINT? I really am glad to see this short series available since the great information from the mid 1980's has been extremely hard to find (I looked for over 10 years and just bought a used copy of the original book in good condition).

This series has the best regional state-by-county identification of collecting locations. I have bought other rock and fossil guidebooks but the Earth Treasures series is the BEST.

 
Review Summary: Earth Treasures: Review Date: 2005-11-27
 
Details: Although light reading, the text serves as a functional guide; lean and concise requiring the reader to become involved in cross reference.
 
Review Summary: A Gem of a Book Date: 2001-07-07
 
Details: One of a fantastic series of 4 chuck full of informational volumes dedicated to a particular geographic area. A must for any rock hound weather you travel or just live in the geographic area of the volume. If you can afford it, get all 4 regional volumes. Start with your area. The location information brake down of the minerals to be found in each state counties is so valuable you can't do with out it. Saves time, eliminate barren hunting grounds and it's so detailed as to where and how you find the minerals. This is just one of a fact full accurate guide series you'll want to have in your rock library. Don't settle for an older printing, this one is reprinted and has been updated.
 
Review Summary: Love it, love it, love it! Date: 2001-05-04
 
Details: This book looks like it's going to be a GREAT asset in my mineral hunting! I like the way it's set up, by state and then by county within the state. It lists the various sites, tells what has been found at each site and (by a code explained in the front of the book) where in each site the minerals were (in a field, in a mine, in the water, etc.). There are directions of varying degrees to each site. That's the one thing I'd quibble about -- some of the directions aren't that precise. But I understand that some of these sites are private lands, or not completely documented, and he can't come out and say, "Go fifty feet past the blue house, down a ravine, and to your left." In general, the directions seem good enough to get you close, and after that it's up to you.

He lists the rocks and minerals found at each site and gives some information about the quality at most places, including size of crystals found, color (and quality of color), and so on.

My only regret? I don't know if I'll have time to visit each site he has listed! So many rocks, so little time........

 
 

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