Rocks & minerals /
Symes, R. F.
Rocks & minerals / Rocks and minerals Title may be read as: Eyewitness rocks & minerals Title may be read as: Eyewitness rocks and minerals written by R.F. Symes and the stafff of the Natural History Museum, London. - 72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) - DK eyewitness books . - DK eyewitness books. .
Includes index.
Earth -- What are rocks and minerals: -- How rocks are formed -- Weathering and erosion -- Rocks on the seashore -- Igneous rocks -- Volcanic rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Limestone caves -- Metamorphic rocks -- Marble -- First fling tools -- Rocks as tools -- pigments -- Building stones -- Story of coal -- Fossils -- Rocks from space -- Rock-forming minerals -- Crystals -- Growing crystal -- Properties of minerals -- Gemstones -- Decorative stones -- Lesser-know gems -- Ore minerals and metals -- precious metals - Cutting and polishing stone s-- Collecting rocks and minerals -- Did you know: -- Rock or mineral? -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index.
Text and photographs examine the creation, importance, erosion, mining, and uses of rocks and minerals.
9780756637774
Rocks--Juvenile literature.
Minerals--Juvenile literature.
Rocks
Minerals.
CD-ROMs.
Rocks & minerals / Rocks and minerals Title may be read as: Eyewitness rocks & minerals Title may be read as: Eyewitness rocks and minerals written by R.F. Symes and the stafff of the Natural History Museum, London. - 72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) - DK eyewitness books . - DK eyewitness books. .
Includes index.
Earth -- What are rocks and minerals: -- How rocks are formed -- Weathering and erosion -- Rocks on the seashore -- Igneous rocks -- Volcanic rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Limestone caves -- Metamorphic rocks -- Marble -- First fling tools -- Rocks as tools -- pigments -- Building stones -- Story of coal -- Fossils -- Rocks from space -- Rock-forming minerals -- Crystals -- Growing crystal -- Properties of minerals -- Gemstones -- Decorative stones -- Lesser-know gems -- Ore minerals and metals -- precious metals - Cutting and polishing stone s-- Collecting rocks and minerals -- Did you know: -- Rock or mineral? -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index.
Text and photographs examine the creation, importance, erosion, mining, and uses of rocks and minerals.
9780756637774
Rocks--Juvenile literature.
Minerals--Juvenile literature.
Rocks
Minerals.
CD-ROMs.