Title Eyewitness rocks & minerals / written by R.F. Symes and the staff of the Natural History Museum, London ; [special photography, Colin Keates and Andreas Einsiedel].

Publication Info.

London : New York : DK Pub., 2004.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department	J 552 SYM	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 552 SYMES	Check Shelf
Granby, Main Library - Children's Room	J552 SYM	Check Shelf
Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department	J 552 SYM	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Children's Nonfiction	J 552 SYMES	Check Shelf

Edition	Revised edition.
Description	72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Series	DK eyewitness books
	DK eyewitness books.
Note	Rev. ed. of: Rocks & minerals. 1988.
	Includes index.
Summary	Text and photographs examine the creation, importance, erosion, mining, and uses of rocks and minerals.
Contents	Earth -- What are rocks and minerals: -- How rocks are formed -- Weathering and erosion -- Rocks on the seashore -- Igneous rocks -- Volcanic rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Limestone caves -- Metamorphic rocks -- Marble -- First fling tools -- Rocks as tools -- pigments -- Building stones -- Story of coal -- Fossils -- Rocks from space -- Rock-forming minerals -- Crystals -- Growing crystal -- Properties of minerals -- Gemstones -- Decorative stones -- Lesser-know gems -- Ore minerals and metals -- precious metals - Cutting and polishing stone s-- Collecting rocks and minerals -- Did you know: -- Rock or mineral? -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.3 1.0 14784.
Subject	Rocks -- Juvenile literature.
	Mineralogy -- Juvenile literature.
	Rocks.
	Mineralogy.
Added Author	Keates, Colin, illustrator.
	Einsiedel, Andreas, illustrator.
	Symes, R. F. Rocks & minerals.
	British Museum (Natural History)
Added Title	Rocks & minerals
	Rocks and minerals
ISBN	0756607191 hardcover
	9780756607197 hardcover
	0756607183 library binding
	9780756607180 library binding
Standard No.	9780756607197

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