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Post by uplate on Jun 12, 2010 5:13:01 GMT -5
After having to scour the internet and dusty archives in old libraries to find even the small tidbit on Wyoming rockhounding I decided to help others by building the website that I could never find. Getting good info on wyoming is a very time consuming endeavor. I hope to remedy this a bit with my site "Wyoming rockhounding adventures." If you are interested in wyoming rockhounding or just want to read about my field adventures and discoveries come visit. Scott sites.google.com/site/wyomingrockhound/ |
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Post by MikeS on Jun 13, 2010 14:16:19 GMT -5
"Rockhounding Wyoming" by Ken Graham is a decent book...it's a bit dated and some of the directions and land ownership statuses are inaccruate or vauge, but on the whole, a worthwhile guide to many sites here in Wyoming.
Excellent site you have by the way...I'm a third generation Wyoming rockhound and lapidarist...I'd be happy to give you some info on some of my favorite sites if you are interested....
MikeS
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Post by Dicky the Rockhunter on Jun 13, 2010 16:17:25 GMT -5
I also have the book you mention but I feel the on below is better.
Gems, Minerals and Rocks of Wyoming – A Guide for Rock Hounds, Prospectors and Collectors by Dan Hausel is available from Amazon: or order it from your local bookseller
Dicky
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Post by MikeS on Jun 13, 2010 18:06:17 GMT -5
yeah, that's a good one too....
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Post by uplate on Jun 15, 2010 20:18:10 GMT -5
I'm glad you like the website. I would love to trading collecting locations. I have both of the books mentioned above. I also have a bunch of usgs and wsgs papers maps etc. To me both books have good info. the rockhounding Wyoming is a bit dated but the locations are still good most of the time. It is good for beginners to old veteran rockhounds. It tends to be geared toward lapidary and fossils. The book by hausel is not for the beginner and is written for those with a working knowledge of geology. This is a better book for those looking for mineral specimen locations. It seems a bit hard to find what I'm looking for as things tend to be scattered about. I didn't realize why this was until I got an old WSGS Bulletin 50 from the 1960's. It has the same weird way of organizing the information so I'm guessing Hausel kept the same format.
talk to you soon
Scott
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Post by pyrpeak on Jun 22, 2013 17:03:18 GMT -5
Hi Scott,
Have been enjoying your site over on the google groups but didn't see any 'contact me' method there.
I see you are now living further south and I was wondering if you would be interested in exchanging some localities as I live about 2 hours south of you. I'm more of a collector of lapidary type rocks and less about specimens...
Hope you see this,
Jim
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