Download or read book Instant Guide to Rocks and Minerals written by Eva Fejer and published by . This book was released on 1991-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identify rocks and minerals with this book. Gives a description.
Download or read book An Instant Guide to Rocks Minerals written by Eva Fejer and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Instant Guide to Rocks Minerals written by Eva Fejer and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals written by Frederick H. Pough and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1996 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes hundreds of minerals and lists their geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structure.
Download or read book Michigan Rocks Minerals written by Dan R. Lynch and published by Adventure Publications. This book was released on 2010-07-19 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get this must-have guide for Michigan, featuring full-color photographs and information to help you identify rocks and minerals. Identify and collect rocks and minerals with the perfect guide to the Great Lake State! With this famous field guide by Dan R. Lynch and Bob Lynch, field identification is simple and informative. The book features comprehensive entries for 96 rocks and minerals, from common rocks to rare finds. That means you’re more likely to identify what you’ve found. The authors know rocks and took their own full-color photographs to depict the detail needed for identification—no more guessing from line drawings. The field guide’s easy-to-use format helps you to quickly find what you need to know and where to look. Inside you’ll find: 96 specimens: Only Michigan rocks and minerals Quick Identification Guide: Identify rocks and minerals by color and common characteristics Range/occurrence maps: See where each specimen is commonly found Professional photos: Crisp, stunning images Michigan Rocks & Minerals includes beautiful photography, relevant information, and the authors’ expert insights. With this book in hand, identifying and collecting is fun and informative!
Download or read book An Instant Guide Guide to Rocks Minerals written by Eva Fejer and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rocks and Minerals of the United States Quick Guide written by Dan R. Lynch and published by Adventure Publications. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep this tabbed booklet close at hand on your next rock-hunting adventure. Based on Dan and Bob Lynch's best-selling field guides and featuring 60 of the most common rocks and minerals in the country, the booklet is organized by rocks/minerals and then by general appearance for quick and easy identification. Narrow your choices by appearance, and view just a few specimens at a time. The pocket-sized format is much easier to use than laminated foldouts, and the waterproof and tear-resistant pages help to make the book durable in the field.
Download or read book Rocks and Minerals of the Pacific Coast written by Dan R. Lynch and published by Adventure Quick Guides. This book was released on 2018 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on rocks and minerals of California, Oregon, and Washington's Pacific Coast, this tabbed booklet features detailed photographs, organized by rocks/minerals and then by general appearance, to help readers quickly and easily identify the rocks and minerals they find.
Download or read book My Book of Rocks and Minerals written by Devin Dennie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning visual reference book for little geologists who love to find fascinating rocks all around them. Identify colorful gemstones, sparkly crystals, the toughest rocks, and ancient fossils. Packed with fun facts, information, and extensive photos all about the rocks and minerals that make up the world around us. Interactive learning that engages young scholarly minds. Learn about 64 different types of rocks and minerals, how to tell the difference between them and where to find them. Dig into all the interesting geological materials from deep space to the deepest caves. You'll even discover glow in the dark minerals and living gems! Find out about the stuff our world is made of, and how rocks and minerals form over time. This captivating book introduces children to hands-on science with fun activities like starting your own impressive rock collection and how to stay safe on your rock finding missions. Written for kids aged 6 to 9 with bite-sized information and explanations. The easy-to-understand language gives them a rock-solid foundation for science subjects. The geology book includes the phonetic pronunciation of the rock and mineral names so your little one will sound like a rock expert in no time. Rockin' It With Stones And Minerals - Stunning high-quality photographs. - Inspiring activities for little Earth scientists. - Over 64 types of rocks, their properties, and how they are formed.
Download or read book Nature Guide Rocks and Minerals written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know culinary salt is the mineral halite? Or that the pigment vermillion is powdered cinnabar, a mineral whose name comes from the Persian for "dragon's blood"? Discover the extraordinary mineral treasures that form our planet and that today we use in everything, from makeup and cookery to agriculture and high-tech. Nature Guide Rocks and Minerals is your essential collector's companion, with illustrated entries on hundreds of minerals, gems, and rocks from actinium to zirconium. Its breathtaking array includes organic minerals, such as pearls and corals, as well as silicates and "native elements" like gold. Browse to find wonderful gems, including opals, or pyropes - a deep-red garnet the size of a hen's egg. Nature Guide Rocks and Minerals reveals each mineral's defining characteristics and explains how and where they were formed, how they were first identified, their uses, and their chemical composition. Whether you are a geology student or starting your own collection, this fact-packed book is both a fascinating read and an essential identification guide.
Download or read book Rocks and Minerals written by Eva Fejer and published by . This book was released on 1999-06-23 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pocket Reference Guide Rocks & Minerals is an ideal compact identification guide to the rocks, minerals and crystals found in the country, on hillsides, in national parks, on old mine tips, in back gardens and in the stone buildings of Europe. An easy-to-follow system of colour-coded bands and symbols designating type of rock and hardness of mineral leads rapidly and easily to the correct section of the book. Detailed full-colour illustrations and a concise, informative text that includes details of the principal European locations allow you to identify accurately the most common rocks and minerals of Europe.
Download or read book My Awesome Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals written by Gary Lewis and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become a rock hound with this field guide for kids ages 7 to 10 The world of rocks and minerals is massive, amazing, and full of cool new things to uncover! My Awesome Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals teaches you the skills you need to collect, identify, and catalog your own treasures. Explore 150 different rocks and minerals, and get step-by-step guidelines for testing and identifying the ones you encounter out in the field. There's also plenty of notebook space so you can record data about your finds. So get out there, gather cool looking samples, and discover what they are! My Awesome Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals includes: An intro to earth science—Explore the layers of the earth, how rocks and minerals are formed, the periodic table, and more essential information for young scientists. Handy fact sheets—Learn more about all kinds of unique rocks and minerals with fact sheets that are conveniently organized to help with identification. A field notebook—Record all your rock-hunting sample data on pages that include cut-out numbers for cataloging. Identify and catalog rocks and minerals with this fascinating field guide that has everything you need to get started.
Download or read book Instant Nature Guide written by Riki H. Kondo and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Peterson First Guide to Rocks and Minerals written by Frederick H. Pough and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1991 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written and designed for the beginner, this book describes and illustrates the most common and interesting rocks and minerals, from simple sandstone to exotic gems. Illustrated with dozens of beautiful color photographs, it tells how these rocks and minerals formed and how to identify them--and includes tips on collecting. 175 color photographs, 12 line drawings.
Download or read book ROCKS AND MINERALS written by HERBERT S. ZIM and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rockhounding for Beginners written by Lars W. Johnson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go on an outdoor treasure hunt and enjoy all nature has to offer with this field guide to rockhounding, perfect for armchair geologists or anyone headed out on an adventure! Geology meets treasure hunting with this field guide to rockhounding! If you’ve ever kept an interesting rock or shell, bought a polished stone from a gift shop, or even just enjoyed a ’gram of a really cool crystal, congratulations! You’ve already experienced a rockhounding adventure! Rockhouding for Beginners shows you how to take your rockhounding to the next level, providing everything you need to know from tips for finding local sources for really cool finds to techniques for safely cleaning, cutting, polishing, and caring for the best samples. Complete with full-color photos to help you identify each rock and mineral wherever you find them, this guide has all the rockhounding information you need whether you’re ready to get down and dirty or simply want to learn more from the comfort of your couch.
Download or read book Texas Rocks a Guide to Gems Minerals and Crystals written by David Trexler and published by . This book was released on 2020-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas Rocks is a colorful quick identification guide to rocks and minerals in the State. Identification of rocks and minerals is based on color, hardness, crystal shape, and unique features. The guide provides brief descriptions of the types of rocks, differences between rocks and minerals, and mineral groupings. While accurate identification of rocks and minerals often requires extensive laboratory techniques, many are easily identified by unique combinations of the features listed above. The rocks and minerals in this guide have been chosen specifically because they are either unique to Texas or commonly available and easily identified. This waterproof, pocket-sized quick reference also contains information on proper collection and documentation of specimens you may find, and rules and regulations concerning such activities. Collectors of every level will find this information helpful. This guide is a must-have for anyone who wants a quick and easy way to identify rocks and mineral
