mineralogy

Describes the formation and characteristics of minerals.

Explains what ores are and how they form, and looks at different types and uses of ores.

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to minerals."--Provided by publisher.

Text and photographs examine the creation, importance, erosion, mining, and uses of rocks and minerals.

This book is an illustrated guide to geological and geophysical aspects of rocks and minerals in our world.

This book explains metamorphic rocks––the different ways in which they are formed and how they can change into different metamorphic rocks through contact metamorphism and shock metamorphism.

This book teaches the reader about the origination of gems and their various usages.

Discusses the different minerals on Earth.

An introduction to minerals, explaining what they are, how they form, different types, how they are used, and other related topics, with instructions for an activity.

Examines the creation, importance, erosion, mining, and uses of rocks and minerals.--.