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Gem Trails of Utah
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Manufacturer: Gem Guides Book Company
Author: James R. Mitchell
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 2007-02-21
Publisher: Gem Guides Book Company
Label: Gem Guides Book Company
Number Of Pages: 232
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Editorial Review:
Updated and expanded, this classic best-seller for Utah rock, mineral and fossil collectors is filled with expert advice gleaned from years of experience. Detailed text and maps lead the gem and fossil hunter to abandoned mine dumps, desert terrain, deep canyons, pristine mountains and beautiful lakes in the search for specimens. Black and white photos highlight the collecting areas. A color photo section aids in specimen identification, and a Mineral Locator Index helps to plan a successful collecting trip.
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Customer Reviews
Average Customer Rating: 
Don't Buy This Book  2007-04-26
I say don't buy this book. It has not been updated as stated. Ours has a copyright date of 2006.
Me and my family just got back from Moab, and we tried to find several of the sites listed for that area.
First of all, this book's maps were incorrect. Flat out wrong. Roads incorrectly depicted in this book, and I mean major highways, not small dirt roads. Ex: Pg 191. Wonder what else was wrong? But, we had other maps and compensated for that fact.
Then, the site directions were so vague, it was next to impossible to be sure that you were in the correct location. The book did not lead us to one find.
We persevered, and with the help of local advice, did manage to find some very cool rocks and excellent fossils.
In this day and age, if you want to revise and update a book like this, do it right. The maps were terrible, handwritten affairs. Use a good, clear topo-map, at least. And, like our 4WD book had, if you want to be in the 21st century, you could add GPS coordinates. It wouldn't have helped us, since we didn't have GPS, but it would at least show some effort was put into re-working the material.
I wasted my money on this title, I suggest you save yours for another title.
Old Information  2007-02-10
I should have realized that with the item being 30 years old (revised 1987) that the information was very outdated. Not seller's fault. Should have read description better.
One of the best  2005-06-17
This book was the best guide to out of the way Utah we could have hoped for. Some of the sites are very well known and collected, others not so. Our vacation consisted of following the locations in the book, with plenty of sidetracks of our own inbetween. The specimens from some sites are fantastic. Using this book as a guide in the way we did, we learned how to spot promising areas anywhere. We have subsequently purchased the Gemtrails of Arizona, and New Mexico and loved them the same way. A review of one of these mentions wishing for GPS coordinates. Although a moden update with those might be nice, we rarely had difficulty finding the sites. And as I mentioned, the inbetween explorations were productive and beautiful too.
Great for bringing home the jewels! 2000-06-22
This book was an extremely useful tool for my wife and me as we combed the back country of Utah, gathering rocks. From the litle-known sites like Painter's Spring in West Desert, to the world-famous Dugway geode beds, this book gave us the directions we needed. The petrified wood sites in southern Utah were especially appreciated.
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