mineralogy

Describes the formation and uses of the world's leading minerals.

Discusses the many uses of the world's most common mineral, whose forms range from the ordinary grain of sand to the amethyst, a semiprecious stone.

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

A guide to collecting and identifying different kinds of rocks and minerals.

Illustrated encyclopedia of gemstones and minerals arranged in an A to Z format containing 225 entries.

Presents information on collecting and identifying rocks and minerals, with sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem, and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.

Presents information on collecting and identifying rocks and minerals, with sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem, and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.