Gems, Minerals & Rocks of Wyoming: A Guide for Rock Hounds, Prospectors & Collectors, Paperback/W. Dan Hausel

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One geologist spent 30 years exploring Wyoming while noting the variety of minerals, rocks and gemstones scattered statewide. During these investigations, Wyoming, which once was considered to be relatively poor in gemstones, soon became known as having the most diversified assemblage of gemstones of any state in the United States. The author discovered dozens of new mineral, gemstone and rock localities, more than a hundred gold anomalies and mapped the largest diamondiferous kimberlite fields in the US and the largest field of lamproites in North America. During these investigations, the author, W. Dan Hausel, discovered some of the largest gemstones and deposits on earth. Now he shares these localities with his readers. About the Author: It is extremely rare for a person to find a world-class mineral deposit, after all, only a few such deposits are found each decade. W. Dan Hausel (geologist, prospector, and author) discovered more than one world-class mineral deposit, a few major gold, diamond and gemstone deposits and made more than a hundred other significant mineral discoveries. Professor Hausel was a member of a 7-man discovery team of the Donlin Creek gold deposit in Alaska in 1988. This deposit hosts at least 40 million ounces: essentially an equivalent amount of gold that has been mined in all of Alaska since gold was discovered in 1848. He also discovered the Rattlesnake Hills gold district in Wyoming: a district that is currently being explored for both Kalgoorlie- and Cripple Creek-type gold deposits. He found the Palmer Canyon, Grizzly Creek and the Sherman Mountains colored gemstone deposits. Two of which are likely world class gem deposits with giant iolite gemstones. Hausel, sees things others overlook. Where others walked & saw nothing, he found gold, platinum, palladium, opal, diamonds, rubies, sapphires, iolite, peridot, agate, jasper & some of the largest gemstones on earth and some of the larger gold deposits in North America. Spending summers a