Description: A comprehensive and authoritative guide to the hobby of rock collecting, a primer on geology, plus Arkansas minerals.
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J. Michael Howard is a native Arkansas geologist, who after serving the public as an economic geologist/mineralogist for 40 years, retired in 2013. He has authored many articles for mineral collectors as well as the scientific community. Several of these articles have appeared in Rocks and Minerals magazine as well as special edition mineral publications for collectors.
Rockhounding Arkansas is presented by Mike and Darcy Howard, for your information and enjoyment of mineral collecting in Arkansas.
Arkansas is famous around the world for quartz crystals, diamonds, and interesting rocks and minerals. Here is the authoratative guide to rockhounding and mineral collecting in our state.