This guide, illustrated with more than 80 color photographs, helps the reader identify a wide selection of rocks and minerals and provides information on how they were formed and on some of their more important uses.
year: 1992, 2002, 1990, 1999, 1997, 1978, 2004, 1998, 1974, 1983, 1973, 1961, 1988, 1993, 1985, 1967, 1969
call number/section: 552, 549, 1000, 549.1
subjects: rocks, handbooks, manuals, etc, minerals, metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous, toy and movable books, specimens, , stones, mineralogy
Editions
Pellant, Chris
Dorling Kindersley (1992)
Gives informative descriptions and photographs of more than five hundred specimens of rocks and minerals.
Schools: 37
Pellant, Chris
DK (2002)
Photographs and text help describe more than five hundred specimens of rocks and minerals, explain what they are, describe how they are classified, and offer suggestions on how to start a collection.
Schools: 12
Pellant, Chris
Crescent Books (1990)
This guide, illustrated with more than 80 color photographs, helps the reader identify a wide selection of rocks and minerals and provides information on how they were formed and on some of their more important uses.
Schools: 0
Oldershaw, Cally
DK Pub. (1999)
Provides a close-up view of various types of rocks and minerals and describes their origins, the effects they have on the landscape, and how they have been used.
Schools: 2
Parker, Steve
DK Publishing (1997)
This book is an illustrated guide to geological and geophysical aspects of rocks and minerals in our world.
Schools: 0
Woolley, Alan
Scholastic Inc. (1978)
Schools: 0
Bingham, Caroline
DK Publishing (2004)
Schools: 0
Ricciuti, Edward
Scholastic (1998)
Detailed full-color spreads help beginning naturalists observe and understand over 150 types of rocks and minerals.
Schools: 0
Symes, Dr. R.E
Schools: 0
Symes, Dr. R.F
Schools: 0
Martin, Alice Fitch
Golden Press (1974)
Schools: 0
Zim, Herbert
Golden Press (1974)
Schools: 0
Podendorf, Illa
Childrens Press (1983)
Schools: 0
DK Publishing (2004)
Schools: 0
Sorrell, Charles A
Golden Press (1973)
Schools: 0
Zim, Herbert Spencer
Golden Press (1961)
Includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, and sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.
Schools: 0
Martin, Alice Fitch
Golden Press (1974)
Schools: 0
Symes, Dr. R.F
Dorling Kindersley (1988)
Discover the story of the earth's rocks and minerals - their creation, variety and uses in everyday life.
Schools: 0
Symes, Dr. R.F
Dorling Kindersley (1988)
Discover the story of the earth's rocks and minerals - their creation, variety and uses in everyday life.
Schools: 0
TMW Media Group
Schools: 0
Sorrell, Charles A
Golden Press (1973)
Schools: 0
Keith Lye
Raintree Steck-Vaughn (1993)
Discusses the different kinds of rocks and minerals, how they are formed, and their various uses.
Schools: 0
Ranges from the Mohs scale and specific gravity to silicates, carbonates, and halides. Also delves into composition, properties and classification of rocks and moinerals, as well as forencic-type analysis.
Schools: 0
Bell, Pat
Collier Books (1985)
Schools: 0
Zim, Herbert Spencer
Golden Press (1967)
Schools: 0
Woolley, Alan
Scholastic Inc. (1978)
Schools: 1
MacDonald Junior Reference Library
MacDonald Educational (1969)
Schools: 1
Ricciuti, Edward
Scholastic (1998)
Detailed full-color spreads help beginning naturalists observe and understand over 150 types of rocks and minerals.
Schools: 0
Ricciuti, Edward
Scholastic (1998)
Detailed full-color spreads help beginning naturalists observe and understand over 150 types of rocks and minerals.
Schools: 1
Symes, Dr. R.E
Schools: 0
Ranges from the Mohs scale and specific gravity to silicates, carbonates, and halides. Also delves into composition, properties and classification of rocks and moinerals, as well as forencic-type analysis.
Schools: 1