Rocks and Minerals

by Challoner, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780754818793
• ISBN10: 0754818799
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-30
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

Discover the amazing world beneath your feet with Learn About Rocks and Minerals. Deep inside the Earth, precious metals, beautiful crystals and rocks as hard as granite are formed. Find out how new rocks are created, why mountains form and what happens when a volcano erupts.

Table of Contents

Rocks and minerals	p. 4
Looking at rocks	p. 6
Our rocky planet	p. 8
What are minerals?	p. 10
Crystal shapes	p. 12
Making crystals	p. 14
Mountains of fire	p. 16
Igneous rocks	p. 18
Making igneous rocks	p. 20
Sedimentary rocks	p. 22
Rocks in layers	p. 24
Making sedimentary rocks	p. 26
Our changing earth	p. 28
Metamorphic rocks	p. 30
Moving plates	p. 32
Geologists at work	p. 34
Identifying minerals	p. 36
Erosion	p. 38
Limestone landscapes	p. 40
Looking at erosion	p. 42
Sand and soil	p. 44
What is soil made of?	p. 46
The coal age	p. 48
Preserved in stone	p. 50
Making fossils	p. 52
Useful rocks	p. 54
Metals from rocks	p. 56
Precious stones	p. 58
Using rocks and minerals	p. 60
Rocks in Space	p. 62
Index	p. 64
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