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If you don't have time to find them yourself, click here for agate and quartz.
or check out our Break at Home Geodes!
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BREAK AT HOME GEODES
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Experience the excitement and mystery of Geode Hunting. Each set contains natural geodes that have never been opened. (1.5 to 2+ inches wide) You will be the first to see what treasures lie within each geode. Geodes are round stones, usually hollow filled with crystals or layers of agate. Your "Break at Home" geode should have either quartz or calcite crystals inside.
To crack your geode, first place it inside an old sock. Lay sock on concrete floor or sidewalk, and lightly tap geode with hammer. Always have an adult help you.
Break-At-Home Geodes are not intended for children under 5 years old.
(These instructions are provided on a card with each Geode set)
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The Gem Trails Guides
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Expanded, Revised Editions, many new sites: From agate to zoisite, these definitive guides to collecting sites throughout the Southwest highlight the best that the areas have to offer.
 Detailed maps and descriptive text lead the rockhound to the best collecting sites for gems, minerals and fossils. Black and white photos aid in locating the collecting area. Stunning color photos help with specimen identification.
Full of helpful hints for getting the most out of each site, the author becomes your personal tour guide to the  many treasures that the Southwest has to offer. Ideal for the novice, an important addition to any experienced rockhound's collection, the Gem Trails Guide series is a must for any rock collector exploring this diverse region.
Location maps and color photos of rocks and gems are included.
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Rockhound's Handbook
By James R. Mitchell
This well illustrated guide covers the following.
- Learn how rocks and minerals are formed
- Discover what to look for in the field
- Decide on the best tools for the job
- Prepare for successful field trips
- Identify commonly encountered gems and minerals
- Preserve and prepare specimens
- Explore the basic aspects of lapidary
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 DK Rocks and Minerals Handbook
By Chris Pellant
The DK Smithsonian Handbook of Rocks and Minerals combines 600 vivid full-color photos with descriptions of more than 500 specimens. This authoritative and systematic photographic approach, with words never separated from pictures, marks a new generation of identific. 256 pages with index. This book is equally useful to beginners or experienced collectors. It explains what rocks or minerals are, how they are classified and how to start a collection.
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The Gem Trails & DK Rock and Minerals Handbook 5 Book Set
Set includes one each of The Gem Trails books for Arizona, Southern California, Nevada and New Mexico, plus The DK Rock and Minerals Handbook - 5 books in all
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The Gold Road to La Paz
(The Bradshaw Trail)
By Dr. Delmer Ross
The Bradshaw Trail winds its way through a rockhound's paradise. The Gold Road to La Paz takes you there, with lots of side trips and interesting finds along the way.
The Bradshaw Trail was one of the great transdesert wagon roads of the 19th century. It was a "Gold Road." The gold rush to the Colorado River of 1862 gave it its first life and it has survived down to the present time, now being represented by Interstate 10 in southern California. The Gold Road to La Paz gives information on the best time to visit, what to expect, what to take along, and some hints on how best to use the area.
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Mojave Road Guide
By Dennis Casebier
An adventure through time. Explore the route used by pioneers on their way to California. The Mojave Road lets your SUV act as a time machine, guiding you on a trail that stretches for 138 miles through country virtually unchanged since prehistoric times. The narrative road log has been checked and rechecked, and is formatted to make it easy to use. Special efforts have been made to simplify navigation between written narrative and the maps.
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