Rocks & minerals
"Find our about the rocks beneath your feet and te minerals they contain. Discover how they are used--from the graphite in pencils, to precious metals and gems. Learn the secrets of ancient fossils and how new rocks are made." -- Back cover.
| Main Author: | Symes, R. F. (Author) |
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| Corporate Author: | Natural History Museum (London, England), Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. (Editor) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
DK,
2021.
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| Edition: | Revised edition. |
| Series: |
DK eyewitness books.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Our rocky planet
- Rocks and their minerals
- Rock formation
- Weathering and erosion
- Rocks on the seashore
- Igneous rock
- Volcanic rock
- Sedimentary rock
- Limestone
- Metamorphism
- Marble
- The first flint tools
- Rocks as tools
- Pigments
- Building stones
- The story of coal
- Fossils
- Space rocks
- Minerals
- Crystals
- Crystal growth
- The properties of minerals
- Gemstones
- Other gems
- Ore minerals
- Precious metals
- Cutting and polishing
- Starting a collection
- Did you know?
- Rock or mineral?
- Find out more
- Glossary.