Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide by Richard M. Pearl; Mignon W. Pearl [Drawings]; Eva C. Keller [Drawings]; - 1958-01-01

Sage Books, Denver, 1958-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. Sage Books, Denver [Published Date: 1958]. Hardcover, 176 pp. Third printing. Good+ in good dust jacket. Tan cloth covered boards with rust colored title on spine. light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Previous owner's name and address stamped on front free end paper. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a 1" to the paper over the top edge of the front cover along the fold of the jacket flap and a few other smaller nicks and tears and creasing along edges. light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to jacket aa well. NOT price clipped. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Black and white maps throughout. [From jacket flaps] This famous book takes you on an extensive gem and mineral collecting tour of Colorado, revealing the interesting places where Nature has stored her treasures. Detailed directions are given for reaching the noted as well as the little- known localities in all sections of this great mineral producing state. Included are numerous mileage logs never before published, and many sketch maps made especially for this book. A unique system arranges the localities along segments of the main highways.Latest information is given on local travel and collecting conditions and land ownership, so much desired by collectors who want to make the best use of their time. Gem and mineral societies that welcome visitorsâmuseums that display outstanding collectionsâare all described. Official maps and references to the literature are listed. [The Author] Richard M. Pearl, associate professor of geology at Colorado College, is the author of twelve books on gems, minerals, and geology, including popular Gemology, How to Know the Minerals and Rocks, and Mineral Collectors Handbook. He has received recognition from gem and mineral organizations in ten countries. A graduate of the University of Colorado and Harvard University, Richard Pearl has been president of the Colorado Mineral Society, the Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineral Societies, and the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies.