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Now you can play all of your favorite card games while studying rocks & minerals. Each card in this standard deck features its own photo, helping you to become acquainted with the names of each rock specimen. Learning has never been so much fun!
Synopsis
Play your favorite card games while learning to identify rocks and minerals. Based on the top-selling Rocks & Minerals field guides by Dan R. Lynch, this gorgeous deck of playing cards features full-color photographs of 54 different specimens--like agates, quartz, and gold. Anyone who enjoys the outdoors will love having these cards for playing their favorite games or to use as rocks & minerals flash cards.
Synopsis
Play Cards and Learn to Identify Rocks and Minerals of the United States
Anyone who enjoys nature, the great outdoors, and rock collecting will love these cards for playing your favorite games or to use as flash cards. Inspired by Dan R. Lynch and the popular Rocks & Minerals Identification Guides, this gorgeous deck of playing cards features professional photographs of 52 of the most common and sought-after specimens found in the USA. Each card depicts full-color photographs of such rocks as basalt, granite, and sandstone, as well as minerals like copper, gold, and silver--so you can begin to learn what 52 different rocks, minerals, and gemstones look like.
Card Features
- 52 of the most common and sought-after rocks and minerals
- 2 radioactive jokers
- Beautiful photograph on every card
- Ideal for card games or as flash cards
Play games like blackjack, poker, rummy, and solitaire while learning more about rock hunting. Get the Rocks & Minerals Playing Cards for yourself, and you can also give this deck of cards as a fun and thoughtful gift.
About the Author
Dan R. Lynch has a degree in graphic design with emphasis on photography from the University of Minnesota Duluth. But before his love of art and writing came a passion for rocks and minerals, developed during his lifetime growing up in his parents' rock shop in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Combining the two aspects of his life seemed a natural choice and he enjoys researching, writing about, and taking photographs of rocks and minerals. Working with his father, Bob Lynch, a respected veteran of Lake Superior's agate-collecting community, Dan spearheads their series of rock and mineral field guides: definitive guidebooks that help amateurs "decode" the complexities of geology and mineralogy. He also takes special care to ensure that his photographs compliment the text and always represent each rock or mineral exactly as it appears in person. He currently works as a writer and photographer in Bellingham, Washington, with his beautiful fiancée, Julie.