National Audubon Society first field guide: Rocks and minerals

Detailed full-color spreads help beginning naturalists observe and understand over 150 types of rocks and minerals.

Main Author:	Ricciuti, Edward R.
Corporate Authors:	National Audubon Society.
Other Authors:	Carruthers, Margaret W.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scholastic, c1998.
Subjects:	Rocks > Collection and preservation > Juvenile nonfiction Minerals > Collection and preservation > Juvenile nonfiction.

Summary:	Detailed full-color spreads help beginning naturalists observe and understand over 150 types of rocks and minerals.
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	159 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
ISBN:	0590054635 (hc) 0590054848 (pb)
Author Notes:	Ewdard R. Ricciuti graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor's degree in communication arts and went on for his master's degree at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He was appointed a Sloan-Rockefeller Advanced Science Writing Fellow at Columbia. Ricciuti is also a former U.S. Marine reservist. His writing has included various topics related to his many interests. A few examples: The Natural History of North America, Rocks and Minerals, The Yakama, How to Box, The War in Yugoslavia, The Snake Almanac, Amphibians, Killer Animals, Killers of the Seas, and Science 101: Forensics. (Bowker Author Biography)