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GEM TRAILS
The GPS Guide to Western Gem Trails
Kelty.
The
must-have accompaniment to Gem Trails collecting series and other books. Find
exact locations using your GPS to over 1200 sites.
Suggested Retail $ 15.95
$ 14.36 Coming Soon
Gem Trails of Southern California
Mitchell. Latest edition shows all major collecting areas with maps and detailed
collecting information.
Suggested Retail $ 12.95
$ 11.66
Desert Gem Trails
Mary Frances Strong. A guide to the gem, mineral and fossil collecting areas of
the Mojave and Colorado deserts of Southern California and adjacent areas in
Owens Valley and Nevada
Suggested Retail $ 5.00
$ 4.50
Midwest Gem Trails
June Culp Zeitner. Profusely illustrated. Unfolds the countless bright prospects
awaiting the gem hunter, mineral and fossil collector.
Great Lakes States Retail $ 10.95
$ 9.86
Prairie States Retail $ 10.95
$ 9.86
Gem Trails of Texas
Mitchell. Guide to 61 locations throughout the state.
Suggested Retail $ 12.95
$ 11.66
Western Gem Hunters Atlas
Johnson. Rock hunting locations from California to the Dakotas and British
Columbia to Texas.
Suggested Retail $ 8.50
$ 7.65
Gem Trails of Northern California
Mitchell. Features sites from the Oregon border south to the Monterey Area.
Detailed texts and maps make locating and collecting easy.
Suggested Retail $ 12.95
$ 11.66
Gem Trails of Arizona
Mitchell. Latest edition shows all major collecting areas with maps and specific
collecting details.
Suggested Retail $ 11.95
$ 10.76
ROCK AND MINERAL
IDENTIFICATION
The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals
A pocket book with pictures and written details of composition.
Suggested Retail $ 19.95
$ 17.96
Minerals, A to Z Fun For Kids
Powell. Educational Activities for young mineral collectors. Fun mineral facts,
games, and activities.
Suggested Retail $ 1.50
$ 1.35
Rocks and Minerals of California
Brown-Allen Stark. A new edition with color illustrations, maps, descriptions,
tests and definitions of materials.
Suggested Retail $ 9.95 $ 8.96
Handbook of Crystal and Mineral
Collecting
Sanborn. You can find no better book to tell you about minerals and crystals,
their physical properties, where and how to collect them, the different types of
specimens, how they fit into different types of collections, methods of housing,
cataloging, labeling, and much, much more.
Suggested Retail $ 3.50
$ 3.15
Jade
Ward. You’ll find just about everything you’ll want and need to know in order to
find, collect, buy and cut this popular gem material. A book for gem cutters,
jade collectors and mineralogists.
Suggested Retail $ 14.95
$ 13.46
FACETING
Facet Cutters Handbook
Soukup. This book contains everything one needs to know to facet a gemstone
expertly. 22 beautiful cuts.
Suggested Retail $ 5.00
$ 4.50
JEWELRY MAKING
Jewelry Making for Beginners
Soukup. Here is an easy-to-learn method for fabricating soldered jewelry pieces
that will keep the novice from getting discouraged. All steps are clearly shown
with photos and detailed text.
Suggested Retail $ 5.00 $
4.50
Jewelry Maker’s Handbook
Geisinger. All techniques are shown step-by-step which allows the reader to
follow along and create the many projects outlined in the book. Profusely
illustrated with photos and drawings
Suggested Retail $ 5.95
$ 5.36
Jewelry Craft Made Easy
French. For the hobbyist who prefers purchasing already finished gemstones,
mountings and findings for assembling beautiful jewelry.
Suggested Retail $ 5.95
$ 5.36
How to Make Wire Jewelry
Jenkins and Thrasher. Step-by-step instructions and illustrations show how to
make pins, pendants, chains, necklaces, rings, bracelets, earrings, stickpins
and novelty items.
Suggested Retail $ 5.00
$ 4.50
How to Repair Jewelry
Phelps. Detailed step-by-step instructions show the jewelry draftsman how to fix
broken chains, replace lost parts, rebuild broken prongs, remove and reset
gemstones, solder without removing gems, size rings and much, much more. Also
tells how to remodel old pieces.
Suggested Retail $ 5.00
$ 4.50
How to Design Jewelry
Austin and Geisinger. Design is the element that adds something special to
jewelry creations. Answers will be found in this book, which will enable the
craftsman of fashion jewelry to make pieces with that professional artistic
quality.
Suggested Retail $ 4.50
$ 4.05
Lost Wax or Investment Casting
Sopcak. A how-to-do manual that shows you how to make the equipment you will
need as well as how to use it to make patterns, molds and castings for jewelry
and other small metal parts.
Suggested Retail $ 5.00
$ 4.50
The Art of Gem Cutting
Dake. This book tells you how to buy the rough, cut the gems, choose and use
equipment. Detailed instructions and complete illustrations.
Suggested Retail $ 5.50
$ 4.95
Handbook of Gemstone Carving
Wertz. An easy to follow book on carving gemstones. A complete guide for
amateurs with step-by-step instructions for carving flat work, carvings in the
round, and portraits in stone. Filled with instructions and photographs
Suggested Retail $ 5.00
$ 4.50
Cabochon Cutting
Cox. Illustrations, photos, and detailed instructions will tell and show you how
to cut a cabochon. Everything to start you on your way to expert cutting.
Suggested Retail $ 5.00
$ 4.50
Advanced Cabochon Cutting
Cox. Learn how to master special shaped cabochon cutting, assembled stones, star
stones and cat’s-eyes, Special sections on opal and jade. 65 pages of detailed,
illustrated text.
Suggested Retail $ 5.00
$ 4.50
How to Use Diamond Abrasives
Riggle. Covers the cutting of cabochons and small flats, using diamond
abrasives. Subjects covered include trim sawing, slab sawing, grinding, dopping,
smoothing, polishing, equipment accessories and supplies. Profusely illustrated.
Suggested Retail $ 5.00
$ 4.50
TUMBLING
Gem Tumbling and Baroque Jewelry Making
Victors. How to tumble polish all popular stones and instructions on baroque
jewelry making.
Suggested Retail $ 5.50
$ 4.95
How to Tumble Polish Gemstones and Make Tumbled Gem Jewelry
Wexler. Step-by-step instructions for turning pebbles and rough stones into
sparkling jewels. A guide to the type of tumbling equipment available and how to
use it correctly.
Suggested Retail $ 5.00
$ 4.50
MISCELLANEOUS
Gold Fever
Lorenzo. The art of panning and sluicing. Maps cover where gold has been found
in the western states.
Suggested Retail $ 6.95
$ 6.26
Where to Find Gold & Gems in Nevada
Klein. Gold –bearing regions and selected gem and rock hound areas organized by
County. Maps, photos, directions and interesting historical
anecdotes.
Suggested Retail $ 8.95
$ 8.06
Where to Find Gold
Klein. Veteran prospector, miner and treasure hunter knows those secrets and
shares them with you in these books.
In Southern California Retail $ 7.95
$ 7.16
In Northern California Retail $ 10.95
$ 9.86
Magazines
On all magazines, the newest in stock will be shipped!
Rock and Gem Magazine Retail $
4.99 $ 4.50
Lapidary
Journal
Retail $ 4.99 $ 4.50
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