Rocks & minerals / written by R.F. Symes and the stafff of the Natural History Museum, London.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: DK eyewitness booksPublisher: New York : DK Pub., 2008Description: 72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Juvenile
ISBN:
  • 9780756637774
Other title:
  • Rocks and minerals
  • Title may be read as: Eyewitness rocks & minerals
  • Title may be read as: Eyewitness rocks and minerals
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
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.
Subject: Text and photographs examine the creation, importance, erosion, mining, and uses of rocks and minerals.
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Books Books John Tomay Memorial Library JNF J 552 SYM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31030100021682

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.

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