minerals

Photographs and easy-to-read text introduce rocks and minerals, covering the rock cycle, fossils, gemstones, and rock types.

Provides an introduction to the world of rocks, detailing their characteristics and examining how various types form. Includes full-color illustrations.

Examines the structure and history of Earth from the perspective of visitors from a distant galaxy, focusing on the properties, locations, and uses of the minerals that form the building blocks of Earth's solid structures; features a visit to an old silver mine; and includes a demonstration of the crystalline structure of minerals.

"Readers are taken through experiments to learn more about the properties of rocks and minerals"--Provided by publisher.

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

Explores the natural processes, how geologists study crystals, and how crystals relate to the reader's daily life.

A guide to rocks and minerals, covering over two-hundred seventy profiles of rocks and minerals, photographs, and more than seven hundred examples.

A pocket guide to identifying the 150 most common North American rocks and minerals.