About Dan Research geologist, consultant & writer W. Dan Hausel, sees things others simply overlook. Where others walked & saw nothing, he found gold, platinum, palladium, opal, diamonds, rubies, sapphires, iolite, peridot, agate, jasper & some of the largest gemstones on earth and some of the largest gold deposits in North America. Spending summers alone in wilderness, he mapped >1000 km2 of complex geologic terrain, historic mines, rare volcanic rocks with diamonds & other gems & wrote about these in >650 papers, maps and contributed to 30 books as a research geologist for Wyoming and as a private consultant for several international gold, base metal, gemston and diamond mining companies. Presented >hundred regional, national and international awards for his work including President's Award by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Prospector's Best Friend Award by the Rocky Mountain Prospectors, the Distinguished Service Award by the Wyoming Geological Association, the Archimedes Award of Geological Sciences by the International Biographical Institute and the Thayer Lindsley Award for a Major International Gold Discovery. Elected to the National Rock Hound & Lapidary Hall of Fame & Millennium Hall of Fame for contributions to the geological sciences. His achievements in geology & martial arts highlight dozens of Who’s Who compendiums: Who's Who in Science & Engineering, Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century & others.

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