Summary
Minerals: Minerals come in a rainbow of colors-from the blue of azurite to the yellow of sulfur. Learn about the different types of minerals, each with its own special characteristics. This book includes a guide to help beginning collectors find and identify minerals.
Contents
What are minerals?How do minerals form?
Mineral shapes
Mineral colors
How hard are minerals?
How we use minerals
Mineral collector
Minerals in rocks / Getting started
Minerals in mine heaps / Finding minerals
Minerals for display / Making displays
Record breakers.
Additional Information
Series | Pellant, Chris. Rock stars. |
Subjects |
Minerals
-- Juvenile literature.
Minerals. |
Publisher | Pleasantville, NY :Gareth Stevens Pub.,2009 |
Edition | North American ed. ; U.S. ed. |
Contributors |
Pellant, Helen.
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Language |
English |
Notes |
Includes index. |
Description |
24 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. |
ISBN | 9780836892246 (lib. bdg.) 0836892240 (lib. bdg.) |
Other | Classic View |