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Subject(s)

• Rocks—Collection and preservation—Delaware—Guidebooks [Browse]
• Rocks—Collection and preservation—Maryland—Guidebooks [Browse]
• Rocks—Collection and preservation—Washington (D.C.)—Guidebooks [Browse]
• Minerals—Collection and preservation—New York (State)—Guidebooks [Browse]
• Delaware—Guidebooks [Browse]
• Maryland—Guidebooks [Browse]
• Washington (D.C.)—Guidebooks [Browse]

Series

• Falcon guide. [More in this series]
• Falcon Guide

Summary note

With this informative guide, you can explore the mineral-rich areas' of Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.C., from the beaches to the mountains. It describes the areas' best rockhounding sites and covers popular and commercial sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide also describes how to collect specimens, includes maps and directions to each site, and lists rockhound clubs. Rockhounding Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.C. offers a complete introduction to this many-faceted hobby and is an invaluable sourcebook.

Notes

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Contents; Acknow ledgments; Introduction; Rockhounding Basics; Geology; Natural Resources; How to Use This Guide; Delaware; 1. Wilmington Bringhurst Gabbro; 2. Wilmington Blue Gneiss; 3. Woodlawn Quarry Micaand Feldspar; 4. Brandywine Springs ParkSillimanite; 5. White Clay Creek OrangeFeldspar; 6. Iron Hill Goethite and Limonite; 7. Chestnut Hill Boxwork Limonite; 8. New Castle Battery Park BeachSea Glass; 9. Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Belemnites and Exogyra Oysters; 10. Odessa Petrified Wood; 11. Woodland Beach Sea Glass; 12. Cape Henlopen Beach Quartz; Maryland
• 13. Big Elk Creek Orange Feldspar14. Elk Neck Hematitic Conglomerate; 15. Betterton Beach Sea Glass; 16. Tolchester Beach Sea Glass; 17. Octoraro Creek Serpentine; 18. Conowingo Dam Area River Rocks; 19. Black Barren Road Serpentine; 20. Conowingo Creek-Pilot Road Serpentine; 21. Conowingo Boat Landing Schistand Micaceous Granitic Rock; 22. Whiteford Slate; 23. Cardiff Serpentine; 24. Kilgore Falls Pelitic Schist; 25. Loch Raven Lower Dam Quarry Albite Pegmatites; 26. Herring Run Marble, Feldspar, and Tourmaline; 27. Herring Run River Rocksand Glass
• 28. Robert E. Lee Park Serpentine and Chromite29. Falls Road Serpentine Quarry; 30. Bare Hills Copper Mine Hornblende Schist-Chalcopyrite; 31. Gunpowder River Garnet and Crenulated Schist; 32. Hunt Valley McCormick Road Marble; 33. Hunt Valley Mall Garnet; 34. Oregon Ridge Goethite and Marble; 35. Soldiers Delight Serpentine; 36. Mineral Hill Mine Malachite and Talc Schist; 37. Dogwood Creek Feldspar and Mica Schist; 38. Frost Quarry Albite Feldspar; 39. Henryton Tunnel Area Feldspar Quarry; 40. Middle Patuxent Banded Marble and Graphic Granite; 41. Sykesville Mine Specular Hematite
• 42. Elba Furnace Glassy Slag43. Bowie Siderite and Shark Teeth; 44. Tarnans Branch Vivianite Concretions; 45. Bayfront Park Shark Teeth; 46. Flag Ponds Beach Shark Teeth; 47. Calvert Cliffs State Park Shark Teeth; 48. Chancellor Point Beach Quartz; 49. Point Lookout Beach Quartz; 50. Catoctin Furnace Glassy Slagand Limonite; 51. Highway 40 Metarhyolite; 52. Highway 40 Catoctin Metabasalt; 53. Highway 355 Frederick Limestone; 54. Ballenger Creek Road Potomac Marble; 55. Point of Rocks Goethite and Limonite; 56. McCoys Ferry Devonian Fossils; 57. Pecktonville Devonian Brachiopods
• 58. Sandy Mile Road Devonian Brachiopods and Gastropods59. Sideling Hill Roadcut; 60. Woodmont Station Devonian Brachiopods; 61. Corriganville Silurian-Devonian Crinoids and Brachiopods; 62. Hoffman Hill Strip Mine Pennsylvanian Plant Fossils; 63. Dawson Devonian Fossils; Washington, DC Metropolitan Area; 64. Muirkirk Clay Pits Dinosaur Park; 65. Bladensburg Siderite and Limonite; 66. Wheeler Road Vivianite; 67. Henson Creek Tributary Fossils; 68. Fort Washington Gypsum Crystals and Fulgarites; 69. Piscataway Creek Tributary Turritella and Armored Mud Balls
• 70. Purse State Park Shark Teeth and Turritella Fossils

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ISBN

1-4930-1496-X

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