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Includes index Text and photographs examine the creation, importance, erosion, mining, and uses of rocks and minerals 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 flint tools -- Rocks as tools -- Pigments -- Building stones -- The 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 stones -- Collecting rocks and minerals -- Did you know? -- Rock or mineral? -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index
- Author
- Symes, R. F.; Natural History Museum (London, England)
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House LLC
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780756667573
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Science
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