Rocks & minerals / Tomecek, Steve

A fact-filled guide to common rocks and minerals includes each mineral's chemical formula, where it can be naturally found, and activities to help explore different properties of rocks and minerals.

Describes how rocks and minerals are formed by geological processes, and how they are used in our lives.

Presents a full-color field guide to rocks, minerals, and gems, with information about identification, how they form, some different types, unusual characteristics, and more.

A humorously illustrated guide to rocks and minerals, with a look at how they have been put to use. Includes an activity.

Describes how rocks and minerals are formed by geological processes, and how they are used in our lives.

Provides twenty-six different kinds of activities and resources--one for each letter of the alphabet--for teaching grades five through nine about rocks and minerals, such as science projects, games and puzzles, and a bibliography.