Lake Michigan Rock Picker's Guide

Lake Michigan Rock Picker's Guide
Author: Bruce Mueller
Publisher: Petoskey Co-Pub
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2006
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Bruce Mueller is the rock expert who brought you the very popular Complete Guide to Petoskey Stones. Bookstores all along Lake Michigan loved that book, but they also expressed many requests for a rock identification guide for Lake Michigan. Here it is. Mueller researched the entire shoreline of Lake Michigan to write this guide to Lake Michigan rocks. This is the perfect guidebook for any-one or any family who walks the beach and wonders, What is this?

Lake Huron Rock Picker's Guide

Lake Huron Rock Picker's Guide
Author: Bruce Mueller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.)
ISBN: 9780472033676

The definitive rock identification guide for Lake Huron

Rockhounding for Beginners

Rockhounding for Beginners
Author: Lars W. Johnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-06-08
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1507215282

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. Complete with full-color photos to help you identify each rock and mineral wherever you find them, 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.

Michigan Rocks & Minerals

Michigan Rocks & Minerals
Author: Dan R. Lynch
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2010-07-19
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1591936667

Get this must-have guide for Michigan, featuring full-color photographs and information to help you identify rocks and minerals. Identify and collect rocks and minerals with the perfect guide to the Great Lake State! With this famous field guide by Dan R. Lynch and Bob Lynch, field identification is simple and informative. The book features comprehensive entries for 96 rocks and minerals, from common rocks to rare finds. That means you’re more likely to identify what you’ve found. The authors know rocks and took their own full-color photographs to depict the detail needed for identification—no more guessing from line drawings. The field guide’s easy-to-use format helps you to quickly find what you need to know and where to look. Inside you’ll find: 96 specimens: Only Michigan rocks and minerals Quick Identification Guide: Identify rocks and minerals by color and common characteristics Range/occurrence maps: See where each specimen is commonly found Professional photos: Crisp, stunning images Michigan Rocks & Minerals includes beautiful photography, relevant information, and the authors’ expert insights. With this book in hand, identifying and collecting is fun and informative!

Lake Superior Agates Field Guide

Lake Superior Agates Field Guide
Author: Dan Lynch
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781591932826

Beginner or expert, this is your guide to Lake Superior Agates. The book features four pages of photos and facts for every type of agate found in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and southern Ontario. 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. Identify your finds quickly and easily with this all-in-one resource!

Fruit Key and Twig Key to Trees and Shrubs

Fruit Key and Twig Key to Trees and Shrubs
Author: William M. Harlow
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2012-11-21
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0486139522

DIVOne of the handiest and most widely used identification aids. Fruit key covers 120 deciduous and evergreen species; twig key covers 160 deciduous species. Easily used. Over 300 photographs. /div

Agate Hunting Made Easy

Agate Hunting Made Easy
Author: James Magnuson
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781591933267

This book provides step-by-step instructions for finding and identifying Lake Superior Agates.

Lichens of the North Woods

Lichens of the North Woods
Author: Joe Walewski
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780979200601

Lichens have the capability to dissolve granite. They are very colorful; oranges, yellows, greens, blacks and whites adorn trees, bedrock and even gravestones. This field guide spotlights 120 species, shown in color photos with natural history text.

Lake Superior Rock Picker's Guide

Lake Superior Rock Picker's Guide
Author: Kevin Gauthier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2007-07-17
Genre: Rocks
ISBN: 9780996943727

This book, along with the other Rock Picker's Guides, was developed for anyone who has walked along a Great Lakes beach, picked up a rock and wondered what it was. This new guide to Lake Huron provides specific information on the types of rocks, fossils and minerals a collector may come across while traversing the shores.

Is this an Agate?

Is this an Agate?
Author:
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press Michigan
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2001
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

A 24 page concise, just-the-facts identification guide to the beach stones along the Lake Superior shore of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Illustrated by the author with very realistic paintings and accompanied with maps and clear directions to the public-accessible beaches from Little Girl's Point near Ironwood to Whitefish Point. Nearly 30,000 copies sold since 2001. A must for beachcombers and vacationers coming to the U.P.!