Rocks and minerals
By: Chris Pellant ; Helen Pellant, editorial consultant ; photography by Harry Taylor.
Edition: 2nd American ed.
Series: Smithsonian handbooks
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Rocks -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Minerals -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Rocks -- Identification -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Minerals -- Identification -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Collecting rocks and minerals; title: Field equipment; title: Home equipment; title: Organizing your collection; title: How this book works; title: Mineral or rock?; title: Mineral formation; title: Mineral composition; title: Mineral characteristics; title: Mineral identification; title: How rocks are formed; title: Igneous rock characteristics; title: Types of metamorphism; title: Metamorphic rock characteristics; title: Sedimentary rock characteristics; title: Rock identification key; title: Minerals; title: Rocks.