Unearth a treasure trove of knowledge and discover the spectacular array of rocks and minerals on Earth!\nLearn how to identify more than 500 rocks and minerals of the world through stunning photographs, detailed characteristics and quick, accessible text.\nInside the pages of this comprehensive guide, you'll discover:\n- A clear visual key distinguishing different rocks and minerals to make identification easy and accurate 
- Each entry includes at-a-glance technical details, for quick reference 
- Stunning photographs show close-ups of key details and unique attributes 
- Highlights the key features of minerals: chemical group and composition, hardness, specific gravity, crystal cleavage, and fracture 
- Highlights the key features of rocks: group, origin, pressure and temperature, grain size and shape, classification, and fossils\nFrom igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks to sparkling minerals, DK Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals leaves no stone unturned. Over 600 high-quality photographs highlight over 500 rock or mineral's distinguishing features. Explore concise details about each rock or mineral's texture, origin, formation, and chemical composition to help you with accurate identification.\nUpdated Edition\nDiscover a mine of information at your disposal! Designed for beginners and experienced collectors alike, this mineralogy book explains what rocks and minerals are, how they are classified, and what equipment is needed for specimen collection. It's the ultimate gift for rock collectors - both beginners and enthusiasts, or anyone studying geology and earth sciences. An updated edition for 2021 to include the latest scientific knowledge and specimen classification.\nComplete the Series\nBefore you go, there are many more DK Handbooks to explore! Discover the cleanest-cut photographic field guide to over 130 gemstones from around the world in DK Handbooks: Gemstones. Learn all about dinosaurs and prehistoric animals and the world they inhabited millions of years ago in DK Handbooks: Dinosaurs.

Rocks and Minerals (DK Handbooks)

Science & Math

PELLANT, Chris

Pellant, Helen

Chemistry

A comprehensive, up-to-date field guide to the world's rocks and minerals This detailed and easy-to-use guide contains striking photography of rocks and minerals from around the globe, and is designed to help readers and collectors identify specimens of these compounds, which are formed by geological processes in the earth's crust. Useful for beginners and serious collectors alike, this handy volume features special color photography of specimens from the Natural History Museum in London, which holds one of the largest collections in the world. <ul> <li>Beautiful color photographs </li> <li>Comprehensive, up-to-date information </li> <li>Suitable for serious collectors and those new to the field </li> <li>Special photography of unique specimens from the Natural History Museum in London </li> </ul>

Rocks and Minerals (Princeton Field Guides)

Reference

Princeton University Press

Young readers are fascinated by rocks and minerals, and this series provides a colorful, comprehensive guide. Each volume uses clear text and close-up photographs to explain how rocks and minerals are formed, how they are used, and what makes each one unique.

Quartz and Other Minerals (Guide to Rocks and Minerals)

Children's Books

Science, Nature & How It Works

Gareth Stevens Pub.

Explains how sedimentary rocks are formed, describes their common characteristics, and introduces certain types of sedimentary rocks, including flint, chalk, and limestone.

Sandstone and Other Sedimentary Rocks (Guide to Rocks and Minerals)

With simple text and color pictures this book introduces the reader to crystals and gemstones.

Crystals and Gemstones (Rock Stars)

Gareth Stevens Pub Learning library

Introduces the reader to fossils, discussing how they were formed, their different types, where they are found, and how to become a collector.

Fossils (Rock Stars)

Presents an introduction to minerals, discussing how they are formed, their shape, color, hardness, how they are used, and how to start a collection.

Minerals (Rock Stars)

Presents an introduction to rocks, discussing how they are formed, where they are found, the three basic types of rock, and how to start a rock collection.

Rocks (Rock Stars)

For experts and armchair enthusiasts like, Rocks and Minerals will appeal to anyone interested in uncovering the mysteries of this subject.
A general introduction is followed by a detailed exploration of the three groups of rocks: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary, including their formation and occurrence, main characteristics and economic uses. A number of examples from each category will be explored and illustrated. The second part of the book begins with an introduction to minerals, including gemstones, explaining their classification, occurrence, formation and characteristics, identification and economic uses. This is followed by accounts and images of a wide selection of examples.
This is a great book for fans of nature walks and nature photography, and for collectors of rocks and gemstones.

Rocks and Minerals

Earth Sciences

Bloomsbury Natural History

Geological Structures is an easy-to-use, highly informative photographic field guide that introduces the great variety of geological structures to be found all around us. The authors' beautiful photography, extended captions and accessible text make interpreting and understanding geological structures simple, whether you're an amateur enthusiast keen to learn or a more experienced geologist. 
The three main rock groups - igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary - and their related structures are each covered in detail, followed by sections focusing on folds and folding, faults and faulting, and unconformities.
Structures and related landforms are illustrated in more than 200 detailed colour photographs and their helpful captions assist with identification in the field.
Each geological account includes an indication of the structure's formation and provides useful information on how to identify and understand its distinguishing features.

Geological Structures: An Introductory Field Guide

Nature & Ecology

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