Rocks and minerals : facts at your fingertips
2018
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This pocket-sized companion is the perfect guide to nearly 200 rocks and minerals. From the igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, to sparkling minerals, this encyclopedic guide covers vital data such as where and how they form, as well as what they are used for. Get to grip with nearly 200 profiles of rocks and minerals, including basalt, marble, diamond, and rhodochrosite, with pin-sharp photographs, explaining characteristics such as hardness, colour, and lustre. This mine of information will help you to learn how to detect those rocks and minerals in no time.
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Imprint:
[London] : DK, 2018.
Collation:
156 pages : illustrations (colour), map (colour) ; 13 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: 2012.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9780241343678 (pbk)
Dewey class:
552J552
Local class:
552
Language:
English
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BRN:
2214262
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