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Re: Preliminary: Rocks and Minerals
Posted: July 15th, 2011, 5:41 pm
by tuftedtitmouse12
i just hate how that the plates are on different pages than the info
Re: Preliminary: Rocks and Minerals
Posted: July 15th, 2011, 5:47 pm
by rfscoach
tuftedtitmouse12 wrote:i just hate how that the plates are on different pages than the info
Ditto!
Re: Preliminary: Rocks and Minerals
Posted: July 15th, 2011, 5:56 pm
by tuftedtitmouse12
its impossibly annoying
with forestry and ornithology, it was also like that, but with both having a east and a west edition
its annoying
the info, though i will have to agree with ming, is pretty sufficient, but the organization could use some changes...
i was thinking about getting a better organized field guide and writing down audubon info into the other field guide...
Re: Preliminary: Rocks and Minerals
Posted: July 15th, 2011, 6:31 pm
by anatomy
tuftedtitmouse12 wrote:its impossibly annoying
with forestry and ornithology, it was also like that, but with both having a east and a west edition
its annoying
the info, though i will have to agree with ming, is pretty sufficient, but the organization could use some changes...
i was thinking about getting a better organized field guide and writing down audubon info into the other field guide...
Ya, i agree, it is a great guide but the organization sucks, and some minerals are impossible to find.
The index says that they are there, but you aren't able to find them.
Re: Preliminary: Rocks and Minerals
Posted: July 15th, 2011, 6:32 pm
by tuftedtitmouse12
during competition, it would take too long to flip through all that...
if audubon changed its organization...i might actually like the series....
Re: Preliminary: Rocks and Minerals
Posted: July 15th, 2011, 6:36 pm
by anatomy
If this event allows a binder, then I would just copy all the information from the Audubon guide and add it to my binder.
This way, I would still have the information but the organization would be better. Then I'd just take another useful field guide to the competition.
Re: Preliminary: Rocks and Minerals
Posted: July 15th, 2011, 6:45 pm
by tuftedtitmouse12
hm, good idea
what resources were you allowed to take in last time this was an event?
what resources for fossils were allowed?
Re: Preliminary: Rocks and Minerals
Posted: July 16th, 2011, 6:42 am
by Cheesy Pie
For fossils we did the Smithsonian guide. Do they have a R&M book, and if so is it good?
Re: Preliminary: Rocks and Minerals
Posted: July 16th, 2011, 6:43 am
by gneissisnice
tuftedtitmouse12 wrote:hm, good idea
what resources were you allowed to take in last time this was an event?
what resources for fossils were allowed?
Both Fossils and Rocks and Minerals have always allowed a binder and a field guide.
Re: Preliminary: Rocks and Minerals
Posted: July 16th, 2011, 7:40 am
by tuftedtitmouse12
hm, then in the binder, couldn't you dedicate a page or so to each mineral and categorize it and arrange it so it would be easy to navigate? and then get a good ID book as your field guide?