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Photographs and easy-to-read text introduce rocks and minerals, covering the rock cycle, fossils, gemstones, and rock types.

Explains how to start and organize a rock collection; provides detailed descriptions of hundreds of minerals with information on geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures; and includes 385 color photographs.

Identification information for various characteristics of rocks and minerals found in North America, with 794 photographs.

Presents overviews of the universe and Earth's origins, how rocks and fossils are formed, and what minerals are; profiles hundreds of kinds of rocks, minerals, and fossils; and discusses related places and topics such as Stonehenge, Devil's Tower, gem cutting, and the Hope Diamond.

Explains what rocks, minerals, and gemstones are found on the earth and how they are used by people.

Together, minerals, rocks, and fossils communicate much about Earths history.

Discusses the nature, significance, and uses of rocks, how they change over time, and what they reveal about the Earth and its history.

An introduction to rocks and minerals using 3-D models, data boxes, charts, and maps, covering topics from the history of geology to minerals in the home.

Explores the secrets of the Earth, answering questions about the what lies beneath the Earth's crust, why sea water is salty, what the ocean floor looks like, why Africa is splitting apart, and other topics.

In graphic novel format, explores igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock, discusses the rock cycle and uses of rock, and highlights the scientists who study rocks.

Displays photographs of rocks that resemble the letters of the alphabet and objects represented by each letter.

An exploration of crystals that covers what they are, where they are found, how they grow, and their properties and uses.

An introduction to igneous rock, explaining what it is and how it forms, identifying the properties of igneous rock, looking at the landforms created by igneous rock, and discussing its usefulness to people.

An introduction to metamorphic rock, explaining what it is and how it forms, looking at the properties of metamorphic rock and the types of landforms it creates, and discussing its usefulness to people.

An introduction to sedimentary rock, explaining what it is and how it forms, looking at the different landforms created by sedimentary rock, examining the properties of sedimentary rock, and discussing its usefulness to people.