A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone & Mineral Sites of British Columbia Vol. 2: Sites within a Day's Drive of Vancouver

(, Revised Edition)

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Covering the area from Vancouver inland to Princeton, Merritt and Cache Creek, and as far up as Whistler and Texada Island, this well-researched guidebook will teach you where to find some of the most sought-after minerals in the province. Discover amethyst next to the road or find fossil trees over a metre long. Enjoy a day hunting for quartz crystals, thundereggs, malachite, garnet, marble and amber. This book is a valuable resource for both the armchair geologist and the active rockhound, providing a rich deposit of information that will turn any trip into a prospecting bonanza.

Reviews

This excellent guide accomplishes everything a pamphlet of this sort should aspire to do - it informs, inspires and excites... Highly Recommended.
--Reece Steinberg, CM Magazine


Delightful and utilitarian both, this eminently useable (and waterproof) pamphlet is sure to become a summer-time family classic... Very highly recommended.
--Catherine Dook, Boat Journal


Sites Within a Day's Drive of Vancouver is a top pick for any Vancouver gemstone enthusiast or visitor... Maps, site drawings, a discussion of geological terms, and background history: you can't ask for anything else.
--California Bookwatch


A fascinating and useful book - promises great treasure hunts.
--Annie Boulanger, Burnaby NOW

Author Bio

Rick Hudson