Rocks & minerals / written by R.F. Symes and the staff of the Natural History Museum, London ; [special photography, Colin Keates and Andreas Einsiedel].
Text and photographs examine the creation, importance, erosion, mining, and uses of rocks and minerals.
Record details
- ISBN: 0789458047
- ISBN: 9780789458049
- ISBN: 0789458055
- ISBN: 9780789458056
- ISBN: 0789465515
- ISBN: 9780789465511
- Physical Description: 63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Knopf, 2000.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Earth 6 -- What are rocks and minerals? 8 -- How rocks are formed 10 -- Weathering and erosion 12 -- Rocks on the seashore 14 -- Igneous rocks 16 -- Volcanic rocks 18 -- Sedimentary rocks 20 -- Limestone caves 22 -- Metamorphic rocks 24 -- Marble 26 -- First flint tools 28 -- Rocks as tools 30 -- Pigments 32 -- Building stones 34 -- Story of coal 36 -- Fossils 38 -- Rocks from space 40 -- Rock-forming minerals 42 -- Crystals 44 -- Growing crystal 46 -- Properties of minerals 48 -- Gemstones 50 -- Decorative stones 52 -- Lesser-known gems 54 -- Ore minerals and metals 56 -- Precious metals 58 -- Cutting and polishing 60 -- Collecting rocks and minerals 62.
- Target Audience Note:
- 1120L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.3 1 14784.
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- Mineralogy > Juvenile literature.
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- 3 of 3 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albemarle Main Library | J 552 Sym (Text) | 101091000697763 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bath Community Library | J 552 (Text) | 38344101027728 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Belhaven Public Library | J 552 (Text) | 38344100933462 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
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