Rocks and minerals
Book - 2022
"Impress your friends and family with all these weird but true facts about everything rock and mineral"--
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- Published
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Washington, D.C. :
National Geographic Kids
[2022]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Audience
- Ages 8-12
Grades 4-6 - ISBN
- 9781426371837
9781426371844
- Introduction
- Rocks
- The Rock Cycle
- Earth's Layers
- Rocks & Weather
- Tectonic Plates
- Marsquakes
- Under the Sea
- Igneous Rocks
- Granite
- Granite Around the World
- Basalt
- Volcanoes
- Volcanologists
- Geysers & Mineral Springs
- Obsidian
- Tuff
- Geodes
- Rock Homes
- Sedimentary Rocks
- Sandstone
- Glaciers
- Limestone
- Limestone Structures
- Stalactites & Stalagmites
- Shale
- Landslides
- Chalk
- Tufa & Travertime
- Flint
- The Stone Age
- Archeology
- Metamorphic Rocks
- Marble
- Marble in Art & Architecture
- Gneiss
- Florence Bascom
- Slate
- Fulgurite & Tektites
- Hornfels
- Famous Rocks Around the World
- Rock Homes, Part II
- Ancient Art
- Fossils
- Paleontologists
- Young Paleontologists
- Petrified Wood & Amber
- Minerals
- Gold
- Going for the Gold
- Silver
- Lost at Sea
- Diamonds
- Meteorites
- Platinum
- Copper
- The Bronze Age
- Iron
- The Iron Age
- Graphite
- Minerals in the Sea
- Silicates
- Clays
- Sulfides & Sulfates
- Minerals & Money
- Halides
- Oxides & Hydroxides
- Mines of the World
- Recycling Facts
- Carbonates
- Phosphates
- Organic "Minerals"
- Gems
- Diamonds
- Emeralds
- Aquamarine
- Rubies & Sapphires
- Crown Jewels & Famous Collections
- Jade
- Magical & Mysterious Minerals
- Birthstones
- Tourmaline
- Opal
- Other Popular Gems
- Becoming a Rock Hound
- Glossary
- Index
- Photo Credits
- Credits and Acknowledgments