3,310円 Features 60 outstanding rockhounding sites Emphasizes rockhounding basics, sustainable collecting, and Leave No Trace principles Each location features an overview of the area’s geologic history along with what types of rocks and fossils you may find The Pacific Northwest’s complex geologic his...

2,784円 Take rock collecting to the next level: create gemstones that glisten and shine with beginner instructions that yield professional results. Beautifully cut, polished, and shaped gemstones are marvelous treasures. They can be very expensive to purchase, but have you ever wondered how to create you...

1,760円 When a teaspoon of soil contains millions of species, and when we pave over the earth on a daily basis, what does that mean for our future? What is the risk to our food supply, the planet's wildlife, the soil on which every life-form depends? How much undeveloped, untrodden ground do we even have...

286円 Gemstones hold a fascinating world beyond their outward beauty. While many people wear them for fashion or astrological reasons, only gemologists truly understand their complex nature. A gemstone can be mineral-based, organic like amber or pearl, or even synthetic. They're classified as natural, ...

430円 "Lifeful Stories of Lifeless Rocks" is a unique exploration of rocks and minerals, told from a first-person perspective as if the rocks themselves were narrating their histories. Each chapter delves into the origins and significance of various types of rocksーigneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic...

2,113円 "Fossils are the fragments from which, piece by laborious piece, the great mosaic of the history of life has been constructed. Here and there, we can supplement these meager scraps by the use of biochemical markers or geochemical signatures that add useful information, but, even with such additio...

3,241円 "Rare Earth Frontiers is a timely text. As Klinger notes, rare earths are neither rare nor technically earths, but they are still widely believed to be both. Although her approach focuses on the human, or cultural, geography of rare earths mining, she does not ignore the geological occurrence of ...

3,715円 Take a road trip through deep time and California history, with a friendly expert geologist at the wheel. From its epic earthquakes to its famed epithet "the Golden State," California as we know it would not exist without geology. Gary L. Prost, an expert geologist born and raised in California, ...

1,793円 “Ebbesmeyer’s goal is noble and fresh: to show how the flow of ocean debris around the world reveals ‘the music’ of the world’s oceans.” ーNew York Times Book Review Through the fascinating stories of flotsam, one of the Earth’s greatest secrets is revealed. In Flotsametrics and the Floating Worl...

703円 Just as it is important to bring the proper tools for mining, it is also important to begin your day with the proper spiritual tools; prayer, praise, devotional reading, getting on your knees and giving the day to God.

1,440円 Seeing fluorescent minerals up close for the first time is an exciting experience. The colors are so pure and the glow is so seemingly unnatural, that it is hard to believe they are natural rocks. Hundreds of glowing minerals are shown, including Aragonite, Celestine, Feldspar, Microcline, Picrop...

1,600円 The Last Rock's Secret War: Okinotorishima and Japan's Fight for Tomorrow's Ocean In the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, 1,700 kilometers from Tokyo, sits humanity's most unlikely geopolitical flashpoint: two tiny concrete-encased rocks smaller than a tennis court, yet worth more per square me...