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Rock Pickers Guide to Lake Superior's North Shore

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This book helps readers find and identify rocks on the north shore of Lake Superior.
  • 01 June 2000
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Get this popular guide and start identifying all of those rocks seen on the beaches of the north shore of Lake Superior. Included are color illustrations of each type of rock, a description, tips for recognizing it and where to go to find it.
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Price: $9.95
Pages: 48
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Imprint: Kollath-Stensaas Publishing
Publication Date: 01 June 2000
Trim Size: 6.00 X 8.00 in
ISBN: 9780967379302
Format: Paperback
BISACs: NATURE / Rocks & Minerals, Rocks, minerals & fossils: general interest, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Mineralogy, SPORTS & RECREATION / Outdoor Skills, TRAVEL / United States / Midwest / West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD), NATURE / Reference, Geology, geomorphology & the lithosphere
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Mark “Sparky” Stensaas is a freelance naturalist, photographer and author. But his real job is as buyer and marketing director for Duluth Pack. The idea for this book was spawned when Sparky was naturalist at Gooseberry Falls State Park and asked for the 10,000th time, “Is this an agate?” He is the author of Canoe Country wildlife and Canoe Country Flora. Sparky lives in the Nemadji valley of Carlton County. Rick Kollath started illustrating in nursery school and now owns a graphic design studio in Duluth. His familiarity with rocks dates back to a sordid youth as a rock climber. Rick has taught in Austria and traveled around Europe as a climbing bum. Now he gets thrills riding the big waves on the big lake in his little sea kayak.
Beach Profiles

Tips for Rock Pickers

Lake Superior's Geologic Roots

Basalt

Ophitic Basalt

Diabase

Gabbro

Rhyolite

Granite

Vesicular Basalt & Rhyolite

Amygdaloidal Basalt & Rhyolite

Porphyry

Quartz

Lake Superior Agate

Thomsonite

Chert and Chalcedony

Sandstone

Special Finds

Jetsam, Flotsam and Junk

Beaches 101

Glossary

Index

Titles of Interest