Backpack Books: 101 Facts About Rocks and Minerals Paper by Sue Fuller
Gen-up on gems with this fact-filled book on Rocks and Minerals. Find out about 'bendy' rocks and discover what mineral, other than lead, is used in pencil lead.
Backpack Books: 101 Facts About Rocks and Minerals Paper
Backpack Books: 101 Facts About Rocks and Minerals Paper
Summary
Small on size, but big on answers, this text gives information on all kinds of rocks and minerals. Find out about "bendy" rocks and discover what mineral, other than lead, is used in pencil lead.
Backpack Books: 101 Facts About Rocks and Minerals Paper Summary
About Sue Fuller
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Table of Contents
Introduction to rocks and minerals: rocks and minerals; what are minerals; what are rocks?. Minerals: colourless nd whait minerals - diamond, rock salts, calcite, barite, gypsum, beryl, chystalline quartz, non-chystalline quartz, feldspars, micas, corundum; silver and grey minerals - silver, platinum, graphite, galena; yellow and gold minerals - gold, sulphur, fool's gold; green minerals - malachite and azurite, olivine, tourmaline, jade; brown and red minerals - copper; hematite, cassiterite, mercury minerals, sphalerite, gernat; purple and blue minerals - fluorite, turquoise, lazurite; black minerals - magnetite, amphiboles, pyroxine. Rocks: igneous rocks; granite; obsidian and rhyolite; gabbro; basalt and dolorite; rocks from space; metamorphic rocks; gneiss and schist; slate; marble; sedimentary rocks congolomorate and breccia; sandstone; limestone; coal and oil. Rocks and minerals facts: minerals all around; where do minerals come from?; mining; important minerals; mineral uses; the mineral we eat; clay and ceramics; sparkling gems; diamonds; living gems; gold; crystals; rocks on earth; space rocks; mineral folklore; treasure hunt. Reference section: table of minerals; mineral compositions; mineral hardness; geological timescale; fieldwork safety and practice; collecting rocks and minerals.
Additional information
GOR000883821
9780751344196
0751344192
Backpack Books: 101 Facts About Rocks and Minerals Paper by Sue Fuller
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
2003-01-30
192
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