Nature Guide Rocks and Minerals

The World in Your Hands

DK, Phonic Books

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Dorling Kindersley
02 July 2012

Mathematics & Sciences; Rocks, minerals & fossils

Series: Nature Guide

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Have the world in your hands with these compact, affordable, illustrated natural history guides

Did you know culinary salt is the mineral halite? Or that the pigment vermillion is powdered cinnabar, a mineral whose name comes from the Persian for ""dragon's blood""?

Discover the extraordinary mineral treasures that form our planet and that today we use in everything, from makeup and cookery to agriculture and high-tech.

Rocks and Minerals is your essential collector's companion, with illustrated entries on hundreds of minerals, gems, and rocks from actinium to zirconium. Its breathtaking array includes organic minerals, such as pearls and corals, as well as silicates and ""native elements"" like gold.

Browse to find wonderful gems, including opals, or pyropes - a deep-red garnet the size of a hen's egg. Rocks and Minerals reveals each mineral's defining characteristics, and explains how and where they were formed, how they were first identified, their uses, and their chemical composition.

Whether you are a geology student, or starting your own collection, this fact-packed book is both a fascinating read and an essential identification guide.

By: DK, Phonic Books
Imprint: Dorling Kindersley
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 223mm, Width: 136mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 599g
ISBN: 9781405375863
ISBN 10: 1405375868
Series: Nature Guide
Publication Date: 02 July 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active