Pellant, Chris. <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rocks--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Minerals--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Rocks--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Minerals--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QE431.2  / .P45 2002