Rocks & Minerals of Wisconsin, Illinois & Iowa: A Field Guide to the Badger, Prairie & Hawkeye States (Rocks & Minerals Identification Guides)

Very informative, colorful pictures. Detailed enough to identify rocks with or know what your looking for.

If your in the scouts or looking for minerals in natural abundance for home sience experments this is a must have . I had no idea the some of the mines near my cabin contained cinabar and copper untill i knew what they accutally looked like in nature.It will help you identifybthings around you that you would be surprized to have . This book is small is my only con but well detailed information and can be carried on hikes easily in an ordinary pocket.

Great pictures

First copy had blurred pictures & misprints but returned & replacedPictures could be a little bit better & the book is a nice pocket reference but it’s not all-inclusive

About the size of my hand and bendable since it's soft cover. Perfect to put into a backpack with tools and other equipment. Easy to see which minerals are found near me and gives good tips on where to look, what each specimin looks like, and how to identify what you find.I paired this with a few other rock identification books and kits for my 16 year old sister since she's getting into geology.

This book is great! I am really glad I made this purchase, I use it more than the other books I have for Wisconsin rockhounding. I am constantly using it when I go looking for samples, it is incredibly helpful and small. I love the way the book is set up (see pictures) and how organized it is. It is alphabetized so looking for a rock or mineral is pretty easy.The book shares information on the environment to find rocks, what to look for, their occurrences between the different states (as shown in red in the upper corner) and some history about their formations or something else that's interesting. As far as the occurrences goes, for example, the aquatic fossils, it says their occurrence is uncommon but it is easy to find crinoids and fossil coral but I have many specimens and see them all the time at Lake Michigan.But the only thing I wish this book had is what the rock types are. Some rocks have their rock type identified in the notes portion, but not all of them do. I wish this book would state if the rocks are igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic. I have to use another book for that.

All good

I like everything.