Eyewitness rocks & minerals / written by R.F. Symes and the staff of the Natural History Museum, London ; [special photography, Colin Keates and Andreas Einsiedel].
Text and photographs examine the creation, importance, erosion, mining, and uses of rocks and minerals.
Contents
Earth -- What are rocks and minerals: -- How rocks are formed -- Weathering and erosion -- Rocks on the seashore -- Igneous rocks -- Volcanic rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Limestone caves -- Metamorphic rocks -- Marble -- First fling tools -- Rocks as tools -- pigments -- Building stones -- Story of coal -- Fossils -- Rocks from space -- Rock-forming minerals -- Crystals -- Growing crystal -- Properties of minerals -- Gemstones -- Decorative stones -- Lesser-know gems -- Ore minerals and metals -- precious metals - Cutting and polishing stone s-- Collecting rocks and minerals -- Did you know: -- Rock or mineral? -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index.
