Rocks, Gems, and Minerals
Publisher: Tandem Library
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: School & Library Binding
ISBN-13: 9780613676656
Subjects: Science & Nature - Rocks & Minerals; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction; Juvenile literature; Minerals; Precious stones; Rocks; Children: Grades 4-6
First sentence: Under the scorching Egyptian sun, hundreds of stonecutters chipped holes into giant slabs of limestone.