{"product_id":"9780983632313","title":"Collecting Arizona","description":"From its earliest days as a territory when prospectors searched for gold and silver to the giant copper camps of the twentieth century to today when Tucson is a mecca for mineral collectors worldwide, the historical fabric of Arizona is woven with minerals.\u003cp\u003eThe book endeavors to provide a sense of the people, places, and times that spawned the state's mineral discoveries. It begins with a geologic overview, but the story is more a history than a scientific treatise and is divided into chapters, each covering a distinct era beginning with the pre-Territorial period when missionaries, soldiers, and prospectors made the earliest inroads into the uncharted Pimería Alta, which would become southern Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Collecting Arizona” is a Centennial tribute to the state's legacy of mineral specimens; to those who spent time digging, documenting, and preserving that legacy; and to the great State of Arizona, which is built on its minerals and its mines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lithographie LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009916813552,"sku":"9780983632313","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780983632313_p0.jpg?v=1763876782","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780983632313","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}