Title Rocks and minerals / by Chris Pellant ; Helen Pellant, editorial consultant ; photography by Harry Taylor.

Publication Info.

New York : Dorling Kindersley ; Boston, Mass. : Distributed by Houghton Mifflin, 1992.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department	549 PEL	Storage
Burlington Public Library - Children's Department	J549 PELLANT c.2	Check Shelf
East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department	J549 PEL	Check Shelf
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department	549 PELLANT	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department	J 552 PEL c.2	Check Shelf
Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department	549 PELLANT	Check Shelf
Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department	REF 549 PELLANT	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department	J REF 549 PEL	In-Library Use Only
New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department	J549 PEL c.2	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Children's Department	J NATURE 552 PEL c.2	Check Shelf

Edition	First American edition.
Description	256 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series	Eyewitness handbooks ; 01
	Eyewitness handbooks ; 01.
Note	Includes index.
Contents	Introduction -- Collecting rocks and minerals -- Field equipment -- Home equipment -- Organizing your collection -- How this book works -- Mineral or rock -- Mineral formation -- Mineral Composition -- Mineral Characteristics -- Mineral identification -- How rocks are formed -- Igneous rock characteristics -- Types fo Metamorphism -- Metamorphic rock characteristics -- Sedimentary rock characteristics -- Rock identification key -- Minerals -- Native elements -- Sulfides and sulfosalts -- halides -- Oxides and hydroxides -- Carbonates, nitrates, and borates -- Sulfates, chromates, molybdates, and tungtates -- phosphates, arsenates, and vanadates -- Silicates -- Rocks -- Igneous rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Glossary -- Index-- Acknowledgements.
Subject	Rocks -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
	Minerals -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
	Rocks -- Identification -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
	Minerals -- Identification -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Indexed Term	Rocks
	Minerals
ISBN	1564580334
	9781564580337
	156458061X flexibound
	9781564580610 flexibound
	075131000X cased
	9780751310009 cased
	0863188109 paperback
	9780863188107 paperback

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