National Geographic kids Everything rocks and minerals /

This book describes how rocks and minerals are formed by geological processes, and how they are used in our lives.

Main Author:	Tomecek, Steve.
Corporate Authors:	National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	National geographic kids. Everything series. Everything series (Washington, D.C.)
Subjects:	Rocks > Juvenile nonfiction. Minerals > Juvenile nonfiction.

Summary:	This book describes how rocks and minerals are formed by geological processes, and how they are used in our lives.
Physical Description:	64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.
ISBN:	9781426307683 (hbk.) 1426307683 (hbk.) 9781426308017 (lib. bdg.) 1426308019 (lib. bdg.) 9781426307683 (pbk)
Author Notes:	Steve Tomecek , the executive director and founder of Science Plus, Inc., is the author of more than 45 books, including Dirtmeister's Nitty Gritty Planet Earth and several Jump into Science titles. He was the winner of the 1996 American Institute of Physics Excellence in Science Writing Award. Tomecek has served as the associate director of the Science Museum of Long Island and as the science program supervisor for the New York Hall of Science. He has written for and developed websites for Los Alamos National Labs, Scholastic, and Discovery. Tomecek lives in Bellerose, New York.