Lake Superior Rocks & Minerals Field Guide (Rocks & Minerals Identification Guides) Paperback – November 16, 2021 by Dan R. Lynch , Bob Lynch

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Author: Lynch Dan R.

Edition: 2

Package Dimensions: 0x152x505

Number Of Pages: 256

Release Date: 16-11-2021

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This must-have guide for Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ontario features full-color photographs and information to help readers identify rocks and minerals.
Get the perfect guide to rocks and minerals of the Lake Superior region! With the new edition of this famous guide by Bob Lynch and Dan R. Lynch, field identification is simple and informative. This book features comprehensive entries for 75 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 entries are organized by area, so you can find rocks unique to each state or common to all three. 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:

75 specimens of the Lake Superior region
Quick Identification Guide: Identify rocks and minerals by color and common characteristics
Range/occurrence maps to show where each specimen is commonly found
Professional photos: Crisp, stunning images

This second edition includes updated photographs, expanded information, and even more of the authors’ expert insights. With this book in hand, identifying and collecting is fun and informative.

About the Author

Dan R. Lynch has a degree in graphic design with emphasis on photography from the University of Minnesota Duluth. But before his love of art and writing came a passion for rocks and minerals, developed during his lifetime growing up in his parents’ rock shop in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Combining the two aspects of his life seemed a natural choice, and he enjoys researching, writing about, and taking photographs of rocks and minerals. Working with his father, Bob Lynch, a respected veteran of Lake Superior’s agate-collecting community, Dan spearheads their series of rock and mineral field guides―definitive guidebooks that help amateurs “decode” the complexities of geology and mineralogy. He also takes special care to ensure that his photographs complement the text and always represent each rock or mineral exactly as it appears in person. He currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with his wife, Julie, where he works as a writer and photographer. Bob Lynch is a lapidary and jeweler living and working in Two Harbors, Minnesota. He has been cutting and polishing rocks and minerals since 1973, when he desired more variation in gemstones for his work with jewelry. When he moved from Douglas, Arizona, to Two Harbors in 1982, his eyes were opened to Lake Superior’s entirely new world of minerals. In 1992, Bob and his wife Nancy, whom he taught the art of jewelry-making, acquired Agate City Rock Shop, a family business founded by Nancy’s grandfather, Art Rafn, in 1962. Since the shop’s revitalization, Bob has made a name for himself as a highly acclaimed agate polisher and as an expert resource for curious collectors seeking advice. Now, the two jewelers keep Agate City Rocks and Gifts open year-round and are the leading source for Lake Superior agates, with more on display and for sale than any other shop in the country.

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Quartz
Hardness: 7 Streak: White
Area: Extremely prevalent in all three states
Environment: Lakeshore, riverbeds, gravel pits, and mine dumps―virtually everywhere
What to look for: White crystals or masses that often fill in the holes or gaps in other rock, or as white, rounded beach pebbles on the lakeshore
Size: Quartz is very common and can be found in a wide range of sizes, but most commonly, it is walnut-sized or smaller when found on the beach.
Color: Quartz is generally white or clear but can be stained or tinted to a different color, including gray, yellow, purple, pink or red.
Occurrence: Very common
Notes: Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the world and can be found in almost ev