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A color-illustrated look at the formation and properties of minerals, gems, and rocks, and how humans use them.

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 it takes to be a rock collector and offers readers tips on starting their own rock collection, with advice on collecting, identifying, and displaying the rocks they find.

Contains descriptions and photographs of approximately six hundred minerals, rocks, and meteorites, providing information about the history, origin, structure, composition, properties, classification, and location of each specimen.

The rocks that cover Earth's surface wouldn't exist without crystals.

Minerals are the building blocks of rocks. Formed without any human assistance, these natural substances are used in almost everything people use on a daily basis.

This program presents an overview and a visual encyclopedia of rocks and minerals.

This book contains a collection of colorful examples of rocks, minerals, and gems, all clearly identified with color photographs.

A visual reference combines highly detailed, vibrant photography of rocks, minerals and geological formations in a range of categories with engaging facts about how they form, how they are used and fascinating record breakers, in a guide that also outlines suggestions for starting a collection.

"Introduces readers to what gems are and how they form, including mineral gems and organic gems.

Offers a visual field guide to studying and identifying rocks and minerals.

"An illustrated educational guide to rocks, minerals, and gemstones for children, formatted as a series of questions and answers.

This title covers what a mineraloid is, how it forms, and how it is set apart from minerals that have a crystalline form.

From cell phones to toothpaste, minerals are everywhere. But what do you really know about minerals? Dig underground to see how we get minerals from rocks.

"Readers learn about rocks and gems through the lens of 20 fun and interesting questions"--.