Author: Steve Tomecek
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426307683
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Describes how rocks and minerals are formed by geological processes, and how they're used in our lives.
Everything Rocks and Minerals
Author: Steve Tomecek
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426307683
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Describes how rocks and minerals are formed by geological processes, and how they're used in our lives.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426307683
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Describes how rocks and minerals are formed by geological processes, and how they're used in our lives.
Rocks and Minerals
Author: Paul M. A. Willis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
National Geographic Pocket Guide to Rocks and Minerals of North America
Author: Sarah Garlick
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426212828
Category : Minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Illustrations and mineral hardness scale on endpapers.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426212828
Category : Minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Illustrations and mineral hardness scale on endpapers.
Rocks, Gems and Minerals
Author: Paul R. Shaffer
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1582381321
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Formerly titles "Rocks and Minerals" this handbook includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and descriptions of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1582381321
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Formerly titles "Rocks and Minerals" this handbook includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and descriptions of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.
Rocks and Minerals of the World
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals
Author: Simon & Schuster
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671244170
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
An easy to use field guide that contains everything rock and mineral enthusiasts need to know with more than 1,000 spectacular illustrations—600 in full color! Practical, concise, and easy to use, Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals contains everything that the rock and mineral enthusiast needs to know. This field guide is divided into two large sections—one devoted to minerals and one to rocks, each prefaced by a comprehensive introduction that discusses formation, chemistry, and more. All 377 entries, beautifully illustrated with color photographs and helpful visual symbols, provide descriptions and practical information about appearance, classification, rarity, crystal formation, mode of occurrence, gravity of mineral, rock chemistry, modal classification fields, formational environments, grain sizes of rocks, and much more. Whether you are a serious collector or an information-seeking amateur, this incomparably beautiful, authoritative guide will prove an invaluable reference.
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671244170
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
An easy to use field guide that contains everything rock and mineral enthusiasts need to know with more than 1,000 spectacular illustrations—600 in full color! Practical, concise, and easy to use, Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals contains everything that the rock and mineral enthusiast needs to know. This field guide is divided into two large sections—one devoted to minerals and one to rocks, each prefaced by a comprehensive introduction that discusses formation, chemistry, and more. All 377 entries, beautifully illustrated with color photographs and helpful visual symbols, provide descriptions and practical information about appearance, classification, rarity, crystal formation, mode of occurrence, gravity of mineral, rock chemistry, modal classification fields, formational environments, grain sizes of rocks, and much more. Whether you are a serious collector or an information-seeking amateur, this incomparably beautiful, authoritative guide will prove an invaluable reference.
Rocks and Minerals
Author: Charles A. Sorrell
Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466864834
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This eBook is best viewed on a color device. Covering rocks and minerals form around the world—from brilliant Brazilian Aquamarine to Wulfenite from Arizona's Red Cloud Mine—this unique guide was created by Charles A. Sorrell for the serious mineral enthusiast or rock collector. Rocks and Minerals fills the gap between academic texts and popular books by providing a magnificent rock and mineral catalog in glowing color, plus tips on where they are found. · Hundreds of illustrations of rocks and minerals · Molecular structure and idealized crystals also pictured · Classification follows the system preferred by experts · Includes hardness, crystallization, chemical properties, and superb background information Using clear text and detailed illustrations, Golden Field Guides from St. Martin's Press present accurate information in a handy format for the beginner to the expert. These guides focus on what your students are really going to see. They are easy to use: detailed, full-color illustrations, text, and maps are all in one place. They are easy to understand: accurate, accessible information is simplified without being misrepresented. They are authoritative, containing up-to-date information written experts and checked by specialists. And they are portable: handy and lightweight, designed to fit in a pocket and be carried anywhere.
Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466864834
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This eBook is best viewed on a color device. Covering rocks and minerals form around the world—from brilliant Brazilian Aquamarine to Wulfenite from Arizona's Red Cloud Mine—this unique guide was created by Charles A. Sorrell for the serious mineral enthusiast or rock collector. Rocks and Minerals fills the gap between academic texts and popular books by providing a magnificent rock and mineral catalog in glowing color, plus tips on where they are found. · Hundreds of illustrations of rocks and minerals · Molecular structure and idealized crystals also pictured · Classification follows the system preferred by experts · Includes hardness, crystallization, chemical properties, and superb background information Using clear text and detailed illustrations, Golden Field Guides from St. Martin's Press present accurate information in a handy format for the beginner to the expert. These guides focus on what your students are really going to see. They are easy to use: detailed, full-color illustrations, text, and maps are all in one place. They are easy to understand: accurate, accessible information is simplified without being misrepresented. They are authoritative, containing up-to-date information written experts and checked by specialists. And they are portable: handy and lightweight, designed to fit in a pocket and be carried anywhere.
Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals for Identifying the Rocks and Minerals of the United States and Interpreting Their Origins and Meanings
Author: Frederic Brewster Loomis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineralogy
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineralogy
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Industrial Minerals & Rocks
Author: Jessica Elzea Kogel
Publisher: SME
ISBN: 9780873352338
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1576
Book Description
News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Publisher: SME
ISBN: 9780873352338
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1576
Book Description
News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Rocks and Rock Minerals
Author: Louis V. Pirsson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petrology
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petrology
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description