Rocks and minerals
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Scholastic, [2013]
Physical Description
103 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Series
Summary
"You live on a fiery ball of rocks and minerals that is ready to reveal its secrets and its incredible history! In-depth information about rock formation and change. Galleries of rocks, minerals, and gems to identify and collect. Cool graphics to make science simple"--Back cover.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
- New rock factory
- Mineral riches
- Inside Earth
- Meet the planet!
- Minerals vs. rocks
- Earthly treasures
- How to make a planet
- Made of stone
- Earth and us
- Stone tech
- Remarkable rocks
- All-star rocks
- Recycling rocks
- Igneous rocks
- Volcanic action
- Horrible history
- Layered rocks
- Rocks as clocks
- Sedimentary rocks
- What a hoodoo!
- Water stones
- Burning rocks
- Caves
- Changing stone
- Metamorphic rocks
- Space rocks
- Magnificent minerals
- Marvelous minerals
- More minerals
- Crystals
- Silicates
- High-tech minerals
- Solid water
- Ore minerals
- Precious metals
- Mining
- Carbonates and others
- Common salt
- Sulfates and phosphates
- Killer cryystals
- Earthquakes
- Glorious gems
- Sparkling stones
- More gems
- Cut stones
- Treasure hunters
- Gemstones.