Junior geologist: discovering rocks, minerals, and gems

Describes the formation and characteristics of gems and crystals.

Describes the formation and characteristics of minerals.

This book is a great introduction to a physical feature of the environment that tells us a great deal about the Earth's geological history, its current state, and the shape of things to come.

Readers will learn how minerals form, how scientists identify and classify them, where they can be found, and how they are mined from the earth.

This book explains metamorphic rocks––the different ways in which they are formed and how they can change into different metamorphic rocks through contact metamorphism and shock metamorphism.

This book explains the science behind the rock cycle and the formation of igneous rocks.

This book teaches the reader about the origination of gems and their various usages.