Rocks and minerals /
Pellant, Chris.
Rocks and minerals / Chris Pellant ; Helen Pellant, editorial consultant ; photography by Harry Taylor. - 2nd American ed. - New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2002. - 256 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm. - Smithsonian handbooks. .
Includes index.
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 of metamorphism -- Metamorphic rock characteristics -- Sedimentary rock characteristics -- Rock identification key -- Minerals -- Rocks.
Rocks--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Minerals--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Rocks--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Minerals--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
QE431.2 / .P45 2002
Rocks and minerals / Chris Pellant ; Helen Pellant, editorial consultant ; photography by Harry Taylor. - 2nd American ed. - New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2002. - 256 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm. - Smithsonian handbooks. .
Includes index.
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 of metamorphism -- Metamorphic rock characteristics -- Sedimentary rock characteristics -- Rock identification key -- Minerals -- Rocks.
Rocks--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Minerals--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Rocks--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Minerals--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
QE431.2 / .P45 2002