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1972 Oct. Mercury, Man's deadly servant p. 507
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1974 Feb. The Glittering World of Rockhounds p.276
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1974?
Feb. Questing for Gems p.835
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1977 Sept. Salt - The essence of life p.381
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Sept. 1977 Amber, Golden Window on the Past p. 423
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1978 Aug. Aluminum, The Magic Metal p.186
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1983 Nov. The miracle metal - Platinum p.686
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1984
Sept. Do we treat our soil like dirt? p.350
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1985 Aug. Our restless planet Earth p.142
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1985 Aug. Fossils: Annals of life written in rock p. 182
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1988 Oct. Clovis Cache Found: Weapons of Ancient Americans p.500
(stone tools)
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1990 July The timeless Mystique of Emeralds p.38
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1990 July Hawaii's Volcanic Cradle of Life p.70
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1998 May Physical World p.2 (earthquakes,
volcanoes)
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1998 May Map - Physical Earth
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1998 Dec. Petra Ancient City of Stone p.116
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1998 Dec. Dinosaur Embryos p.34 (fossils)
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1999 April Copper Age p.70
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1999 June A Dinosaur named Sue p.46 (fossils)
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1999 June Sahara Rock Art p.98
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1999 Oct. Rubies and
Sapphires p.100
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1999 Sept. Preserving Sahara Art p.82 (rock art)
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2000 Mar. Hard Rock Legacy p.76 (mining)
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2000 May Mount St. Helens p. 106 (volcano)
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2000 July Earthquake in Turkey p. 32
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2000 July Slot Canyons p. 118 (landscape)
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2000 Oct. Sky-high over the Sonoran p. 31 (landscapes,
deserts,
dunes)
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2002 March Diamonds The Real Story p. 2
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2002 March U-Dig Diamonds, Murfreesboro,
Arizona p.118 |
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2003 Jan. Strangest Volcano on Earth? p. 34
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2004 April It's All good in the Badlands p. 78 (landscape)
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2004 Oct. Red Hot Hawaii p. 2 (volcanoes)
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2005 May Dinosaurs for Sale p. 48 (fossils)
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2005 Aug. Cave Art Mystery p. 32 |
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2005 Aug. China Fossil Marvels p.86 |
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2006 March The High Cost of Cheap Coal p. 96
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National Geographic is not just a fabulous magazine, it also
has some great web sites.
Check out the National Geographic KIDS
site
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
FIELD GUIDES
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Books to help you identify rocks & minerals
Most rockhounds start out by just looking
at rocks and getting to know them. But after a while, you're going to want to
know more.
Field Guides are a great source of information. There
are a number of other field guides available including specific guides to fossil
and gemstones. Some excellent field
guides are: