Rocks and minerals : facts at your fingertips.

Call Number

• J 552 ROCK (EAS)

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Publication Information

London ; New York : DK, 2012.

Physical Description

156 p. : col. ill., map ; 18 cm.

Audience

Ages 8-14.

Summary

"Profiles nearly 200 types of rocks and minerals from volcanic rocks and granite to sparkling diamonds and explosive sulfur, and tells what they are made of, how they are formed and what they are used for"--

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

• Our rocky planet
• What is a mineral?
• What is a rock?
• Be a collector
• Rocks. How rocks are made
• Identifying rocks
• Igneous rocks
• Sedimentary rocks
• Metamorphic rock
• Meteorites
• Minerals. Where minerals form
• Mineral groups
• Identifying minerals
• Gemstones
• Native elements
• Sulfides
• Sulfosalts
• Oxides
• Hydroxides
• Halides
• Carbonates
• Phosphates, arsenates, and vandates
• Nitrates and borates
• Sulfates, chromates, molybdates, tungstates
• Silicates
• Organic gems
• The periodic table
• Rock facts
• Mineral facts.