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

By: Series: Smithsonian handbooksPublication details: New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2002.Edition: 2nd American edDescription: 256 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • QE431.2 .P45 2002
Contents:
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.

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.

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