Rocks and minerals
| Main Author: | Pellant, Chris. |
|---|---|
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Dorling Kindersley,
2002.
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| Edition: | 2nd American ed. |
| Series: |
Smithsonian handbooks
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Collecting rocks and minerals
- Field equipment
- Home equipment
- Organizing your collection
- How this book works
- Mineral or rock?
- Mineral formation
- Mineral composition
- Mineral characteristics
- Mineral identification
- How rocks are formed
- Igneous rock characteristics
- Types of metamorphism
- Metamorphic rock characteristics
- Sedimentary rock characteristics
- Rock identification key
- Minerals
- Rocks.