Lake Michigan Rock Picker's Guide [Paperback]

Bruce Mueller (Author), Kevin Gauthier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 19, 2006

An eagerly awaited rock identification guide for Lake Michigan

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Petoskey (July 19, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0472031503
• ISBN-13: 978-0472031504
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,887 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply a wonderful book and invaluable tool, September 15, 2006

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David Reneau "book doctor" (Northern Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lake Michigan Rock Picker's Guide (Paperback)

for your next trip to a Lake Michigan beach. As a novice rock collector who was both fascinated and curious as to the identity of the stunningly beautiful stones covering many Lake Michigan Beaches, this book answered countless questions. A large variety of Lake Michigan rocks & fossils are identified and beautifully illustrated, with accompanying information on where they are likely to be found. Following Bruce Mueller & Kevin Gauthier's tips on how, when and where to find rock specimens has astronomically increased my success in rock collecting. The information on the formation, history, preparation [cleaning/grinding/polishing techniques] and craft/jewelry uses of Lake Michigan stones provided in this book are priceless. Humorous and philosophical at times, this wonderful book has what it takes to educate, entertain and reveal the nature of the treasures lying along Lake Michigan's shoreline.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars plus 5 more stars!, July 17, 2007

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Darla J. Huber "rock nut" (michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lake Michigan Rock Picker's Guide (Paperback)

This book is the best book on rocks I have ever read or bought! Each rock has a explaintion and colored photos. The book inspired me so much that when I went to Sleeping Bear Dunes I had to stop in at Mr. Mueller's "C & M rock shop in Honor Michigan" He was there and signed my books and was so helpful in answering any questions I had. His store is a must for anyone who is a rock nut or just wants to learn and see some beautiful rocks and fossils of the Michigan area. I am so happy with this book! It's a gotta buy book!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book had everything I was looking for, August 24, 2009

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R. Merz (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lake Michigan Rock Picker's Guide (Paperback)

My family spent a week at a relatives cottage near Cedar Michigan. We spend a few hours on one particular beach and collected a whole assortment of Lake Michigan rocks.

At the cottage they had Bruce Mueller's other book on Petoskey stones (very interesting). On the back it mentioned this book on Lake Michigan Rocks.

I picked up this book the other day and grabbed the bucket of rocks we brought home with us from our trip. What a great resource this book is. My kids were really getting into it and soon we had almost the whole bucket sorted out by what type of rock they were (about 13+ different kinds). Initially I only knew how to identify Pestoskey's and quartz. Using the books color pictures and descriptions really made it easy.

Of course we had some rocks categorized under "mystery rock", but I would say that this book helped us identify about 95% of them.

Before buying this book I went to the local bookstore (big chain) to look at other rock identification books. In short they were totally worthless. Other than a Petoskey they had none of the other rock types we found.

If you have a bucket full of Lake Michigan rocks you want identified, go buy this book. You wont regret it.

P.S My son found a Petoskey bigger than my hand on that trip. I'm reading over the "polishing" section now to find out how to make it shiny like the ones you see in the store. FUN!!!