Rockhounding Wisconsin – A Guide to the State’s Best Sites by Robert Beard

Discover Wisconsin’s Best Places to Search for Rocks, Minerals and Fossils

Explore Wisconsin’s mineral-rich landscape with veteran rockhound Robert Beard. Rockhounding Wisconsin provides a site-by-site guide to popular collecting locations, commercial sites and lesser-known areas throughout the state.

Along with practical destination information, the book introduces Wisconsin’s geologic history and helps readers understand the formations and natural processes behind the specimens they may encounter. It is a useful field-planning resource for beginning collectors, experienced rockhounds, families and travelers.

Book Highlights

• Guide to rockhounding locations throughout Wisconsin

• Covers popular, commercial and lesser-known collecting sites

• Provides a site-by-site approach to trip planning

• Includes an overview of Wisconsin’s geologic history

• Useful for rock, mineral and fossil enthusiasts

• Suitable for beginning and experienced collectors

• Part of the Falcon Guides Rockhounding Series

• Convenient paperback format

Ideal For

• Wisconsin rockhounds and mineral collectors

• Families planning outdoor collecting trips

• Travelers exploring the state’s geology

• Beginning collectors learning where to search

• Experienced hobbyists looking for additional sites

• Geology students and outdoor enthusiasts

Book Details

• Title: Rockhounding Wisconsin

• Subtitle: A Guide to the State’s Best Sites

• Author: Robert Beard

• Publisher: Falcon Guides

• Publication Date: June 1, 2018

• Format: Trade paperback

• Length: 296 pages

• ISBN-13: 9781493028542

• ISBN-10: 1493028545

• Series: Rockhounding Series

Important Collecting Notice

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Explore the mineral-rich region of Wisconsin with veteran rockhound Robert Beard’s Rockhounding Wisconsin and unearth the state’s best rockhounding sites, ranging from popular and commercial sites to numerous lesser-known areas. Featuring an overview of the state’s geologic history as well as a site-by-site guide to the best rockhounding locations, Rockhounding Wisconsin is the ideal resource for rockhounds of all ages and experience levels.