Unearth a treasure trove of knowledge and discover the spectacular array of rocks and minerals on Earth!\nLearn how to identify more than 500 rocks and minerals of the world through stunning photographs, detailed characteristics and quick, accessible text.\nInside the pages of this comprehensive guide, you'll discover:\n- A clear visual key distinguishing different rocks and minerals to make identification easy and accurate 
- Each entry includes at-a-glance technical details, for quick reference 
- Stunning photographs show close-ups of key details and unique attributes 
- Highlights the key features of minerals: chemical group and composition, hardness, specific gravity, crystal cleavage, and fracture 
- Highlights the key features of rocks: group, origin, pressure and temperature, grain size and shape, classification, and fossils\nFrom igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks to sparkling minerals, DK Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals leaves no stone unturned. Over 600 high-quality photographs highlight over 500 rock or mineral's distinguishing features. Explore concise details about each rock or mineral's texture, origin, formation, and chemical composition to help you with accurate identification.\nUpdated Edition\nDiscover a mine of information at your disposal! Designed for beginners and experienced collectors alike, this mineralogy book explains what rocks and minerals are, how they are classified, and what equipment is needed for specimen collection. It's the ultimate gift for rock collectors - both beginners and enthusiasts, or anyone studying geology and earth sciences. An updated edition for 2021 to include the latest scientific knowledge and specimen classification.\nComplete the Series\nBefore you go, there are many more DK Handbooks to explore! Discover the cleanest-cut photographic field guide to over 130 gemstones from around the world in DK Handbooks: Gemstones. Learn all about dinosaurs and prehistoric animals and the world they inhabited millions of years ago in DK Handbooks: Dinosaurs.

Rocks and Minerals (DK Handbooks)

Science & Math

PELLANT, Chris

Pellant, Helen

Chemistry

Shows and describes igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, minerals, and fossils, and the type of terrain in which they may be found

Rocks, Minerals & Fossils of the World

PHILLIPS, Roger

Earth Sciences

Little,Brown

Rocks, Minerals and Fossils of the World

Little. Brown and Company

From School Library JournalGrade 4-5-Visually inviting, this series entry has colorful drawings, a minimum of text, and a format dependent upon breaking a large topic into small segments that can be contained on facing pages. Subjects such as "Our rocky world," "Layers of life," and "Precious gemstones" are covered briefly in introductory paragraphs and captions accompanying the eye-catching art. Very simplistic in approach (not all aluminum ends up as cans), this slender work will attract browsers in a classroom collection, but is not a first choice for libraries.Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. ReviewChildren's LiteratureThe illustrative full-color paintings present enough detail to illuminate the text without overwhelming it. Includes glossary and index. 2000, Kingfisher, Ages 6 to 10, $12.95. Reviewer: Susan Hepler-Children's Literature School Library JournalVisually inviting, this series entry has colorful drawings, a minimum of text, and a format dependent upon breaking a large topic into small segments that can be contained on facing pages.

The Best Book Of Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals

scholastic

Offers information on the beauty and complexity of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, as well as on a wide variety of minerals

Rocks and Minerals: Fact Finders

Children's Books

Education & Reference

Crescent

Rocks and Minerals

Nature & Ecology

A comprehensive, up-to-date field guide to the world's rocks and minerals This detailed and easy-to-use guide contains striking photography of rocks and minerals from around the globe, and is designed to help readers and collectors identify specimens of these compounds, which are formed by geological processes in the earth's crust. Useful for beginners and serious collectors alike, this handy volume features special color photography of specimens from the Natural History Museum in London, which holds one of the largest collections in the world. <ul> <li>Beautiful color photographs </li> <li>Comprehensive, up-to-date information </li> <li>Suitable for serious collectors and those new to the field </li> <li>Special photography of unique specimens from the Natural History Museum in London </li> </ul>

Rocks and Minerals (Princeton Field Guides, 137)

Reference

Princeton University Press

Visually dazzling and completely accessible, this book explains the world around us in a unique marriage of words and pictures unmatched by any other dictionary. Using more than 6000 colour photographs and illustrations, it analyses all aspects of the natural world and human achievement in stunning visual detail.

Dorling Kindersley Ultimate Visual Dictionary

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Dorling Kindersley H/B

"Eyewitness Guides" are best-selling, high-quality visual information books. This title is a valuable resource to students whether they need to know about stalactites as old as dinosaurs or priceless nuggets of gold and silver.

Teen & Young Adult

Dorling, Kindersley

This is an introduction to the rocks that form the landscape around us, as well as the fossils that many of them contain. Readers can discover how to identify different rocks, and how they have formed over thousands of years. They can also find out how fossils form and how to recognize them. Fun projects, such as collecting fossils, allow children to investigate the subject close up.

Rocks and Fossils

Kingfisher

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Rocks and Minerals (DK Handbooks)

Rocks, Minerals & Fossils of the World

Rocks, Minerals and Fossils of the World

The Best Book Of Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals

Rocks and Minerals: Fact Finders

Rocks and Minerals

Rocks and Minerals (Princeton Field Guides, 137)

Dorling Kindersley Ultimate Visual Dictionary

Rocks and Minerals

Rocks and Fossils