Eyewitness rocks & minerals
Edition
Rev. ed.
Publication Information
London : New York : DK Pub., 2004.
Physical Description
72 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Series
Summary
Text and photographs examine the creation, importance, erosion, mining, and uses of rocks and minerals.
Notes
Rev. ed. of: Rocks & minerals. 1988.
Includes index.
Contents
- Earth
- What are rocks and minerals:
- How rocks are formed
- Weathering and erosion
- Rocks on the seashore
- Igneous rocks
- Volcanic rocks
- Sedimentary rocks
- Limestone caves
- Metamorphic rocks
- Marble
- First fling tools
- Rocks as tools
- pigments
- Building stones
- Story of coal
- Fossils
- Rocks from space
- Rock-forming minerals
- Crystals
- Growing crystal
- Properties of minerals
- Gemstones
- Decorative stones
- Lesser-know gems
- Ore minerals and metals
- precious metals - Cutting and polishing stone s-- Collecting rocks and minerals
- Did you know:
- Rock or mineral?
- Find out more
- Glossary
- Index.