Rocks and minerals ultimate handbook : the essential facts and stats on more than 200 of Earth's natural treasures

Introducing Rocks and Minerals Ultimate Handbook, the latest title in DK's Ultimate Handbook series which takes you on the journey to discover some of the world's most fascinating rocks, minerals and gemstones of the natural world. This geology book for kids includes must-know facts and stats about more than 200 rocks, minerals, and gems, teaching all about where these objects come from, what they are made of, their uses, and their unique characteristics. With stats about each featured rock or mineral, including its colors, crystal shapes, and the materials it's made of, this book is ideal for budding geologists.

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ISBN: 9780744085303 (pbk.)
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352 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition First American edition.
Publisher 2023

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Includes index.

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Ultimate handbook

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Rocks and Minerals Ultimate Handbook : The Need-To-Know Facts and Stats on More Than 200 Rocks and Minerals

by Dennie, Devin

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Rocks and Minerals Ultimate Handbook : The Need-To-Know Facts and Stats on More Than 200 Rocks and Minerals

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	How this book works	8
	Rock or mineral?	10
	Rock hunting	12
	Equipment	14
	Starting a collection	16
	Geosciences	18
	Famous geologists	20
	Careers in geology	22
	Rocks
	What is a rock	26
	The rock cycle	28
	Identifying rocks	30
	Igneous Rocks
	Granite	34
	Types of granite	36
	Mount Rushmore	38
	Anorthosite	40
	Battle up! Gabbro vs. Peridotite	42
	Basalt	44
	Volcanoes	46
	Battle up! Ignimbrite vs. Kimberlite	48
	Dolerite & Rhyolite	50
	Dacite & Andesite	52
	Battle up! Obsidian vs. Pele's hair	54
	Syenite & Diorite	56
	Porphyry & Pegmatite	58
	Battle up! Pumice vs. Tuff	60
	Uses of rocks	62
	Rocks in art	64
	Sedimentary Rocks
	Tufa & Dolostone	68
	Battle up! Limestone vs. Sandstone	70
	Travertine	72
	The Wave	74
	Battle up! Picture stone vs. Claystone	76
	Septarian nodules	78
	Battle up! Rock salt vs. Rock gypsum	80
	Coal & Shale	82
	Types of coal	84
	Battle up! Loessite vs. Boulder clay	86
	Chert & Novaculite	88
	Coquina & Breccia	90
	Arkose & Conglomerate	92
	Fossils	94
	Rocks in history	96
	Metamorphic Rocks
	Slate & Phylite	100
	Schist & Mica schist	102
	Mylonite & Eclogite	104
	Marble & Quartzite	106
	Taj Mahal	108
	Battle up! Garnet mica schist vs. Gneiss	110
	Space rocks	112
	Hornfeis & Skarn	114
	Migmatite & Serpentinite	116
	Legendary rocks	118
	Minerals
	What is a mineral?	122
	Where do minerals form?	124
	Mineral groups	126
	Mineral shapes	128
	Mineral hardness	130
	Identifying minerals	132
	Gemstones	134
	Polishing rocks	136
	Cutting gems	138
	Precious gemstones	140
	Birthstones	142
	Native Elements
	Copper & Gold	146
	Battle up! Silver vs. Platinum	148
	Precious metals	150
	Sulfur & Iron	152
	Battle up! Diamond vs. Graphite	154
	Jwaneng mine	156
	Bismuth	158
	Mercury & Arsenic	160
	Sulfides and Sulfosalts
	Galena & Acanthite	164
	Covellite & Pentlandite	166
	Greenockite & Cinnabar	168
	Realgar & Orpiment	170
	Chalcocite & Chalcopyrite	172
	Stannite & Arsenopyrite	174
	Stibnite & Millerite	176
	Fireworks	178
	Battle up! Osmiridium vs. Barite	180
	Bornite & Sphalerite	182
	Pyrite	184
	Hauerite & Cobaltite	186
	Molybdenite & Sylvanite	188
	Tetrahedrite & Pyrargyrite	190
	Battle up! Algodonite vs. Domeykite	192
	Xanthoconite & Bournonite	194
	Skutterudite & Nickelskutterudite	196
	Nickeline & Polybasite	198
	Enargite & Jamesonite	200
	Boulangerite & Tennantite	202
	Oxides and Hydroxides
	Ruby & Sapphire	206
	Magnetite & Goethite	208
	Battle up! Magnetite vs. Hematite	210
	Magnetic minerals	212
	Cassiterits & Zincite	214
	Metal ores	216
	Perovskite	218
	Brookite & Rutile	220
	Samarskite & Uraninite	222
	Halides
	Halite	226
	Fluorite & Carnallite	228
	Atacamite	230
	Atacama desert	232
	Battle up! Fluorite vs. Cryolite	234
	Boleite & Sylvite	236
	Uses of minerals	238
	Carbonates
	Smithsonite & Calcite	242
	Stalactites and stalagmites	244
	Dolomite & Rhodochrosite	246
	Witherite & Cerussite	248
	Azurite & Malachite	250
	Aragonite caves	252
	Strontianite & Trona	254
	Glowing in the dark	256
	Siderite & Artinite	258
	Phosphates
	Apatites & Fluorapatite	262
	Pyromorphite & Monazite	264
	Turquoise & Wavellite	266
	Aztec mask	268
	Sulfates, Chromates, Molybdates and Borates
	Barite & Ferberite	272
	Gypsum	274
	Minerals on Mars	276
	Brochantite & Chalcanthite	278
	Borax & Howlite	280
	Crocoite & Wulfenite	282
	Hornblende & Actinolite	284
	Grossular & Almandine	286
	Silicates
	Quartz & Amethyst	290
	Citrine & Rose quartz	292
	Chalcedony	294
	Agate & Onyx	296
	FabergÃ© eggs	298
	Opal	300
	Feldspars	302
	Battle up! Quartz vs. Feldspars	304
	Zircon & Lazurite	306
	Olivine	308
	Kyanite & Andalusite	310
	Geodes	312
	Battle up! Beryl vs. Topaz	314
	Natrolite & Scapolite	316
	Rhodonite & Wollastonite	318
	Battle up! Emerald vs. Jade	320
	Actinolite & Tremolite	322
	Diopside & Jadeite	324
	Tourmaline & Tiger's eye	326
	Talc & Pyrophyllite	328
	Muscovite & Biotite	330
	Serpentine & Chrysotile	332
	Mineraloids
	Mineraloids	336
	Living gems	338
	Pearls	340
	Glossary	342
	Index	346
	Acknowledgments	352

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