Let's Learn! Rocks & Minerals: Fact In Your Fingertips - The Encyclopedia Book For Kids About Rocks & Minerals

Profiling nearly 200 types of rocks and minerals from volcanic rocks and granite to sparkling diamonds and explosive sulfur, Let’s Learn! Rocks and Minerals digs deep beneath the surface, informing young readers what each rock is made of, how they are formed and what they are used for, how to be a rock collector, and how to identify rocks and minerals. Also highlighting landmarks such as Devils Tower, Giant's Causeway, and Shiprock Pinnacle, this Pocket Genius title shows how rocks and minerals play a part in the formation of each. Catalog entries packed with facts provide at-a-glance information, while locator icons offer immediately recognizable references to aid navigation and understanding, and fact files round off the book with fun facts such as record breakers and timelines. Each mini-encyclopedia is filled with facts on subjects ranging from animals to history, cars to dogs, and Earth to space and combines a child-friendly layout with engaging photography and bite-size chunks of text that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers. 3 Contents 2 4 Our rocky planet 3 6 What is a mineral? 5 8 What is a rock? 7 10 Be a collector 9 14 Rocks 14 16 How rocks are made 15 18 Identifying rocks 17 20 Igneous rocks 19 30 Sedimentary rocks 29 42 Metamorphic rocks 41 52 Meteorites 51 54 Minerals 54 56 Where minerals form 55 58 Mineral groups 57 62 Identifying minerals 61 66 Gemstones 65 68 Native elements 67 76 Sulfides 75 90 Sulfosalts 89 92 Oxides 91 98 Hydroxides 97 100 Halides 99 104 Carbonates 103 110 Phosphates, arsenates, and vanadates 109 116 Nitrates and borates 115 118 Sulfates, chromates, molybdates, tungstates 117 122 Silicates 121 140 Organic gems 139 144 The periodic table 143 146 Rock facts 145 148 Mineral facts 147 150 Glossary 149 152 Index 151 156 Acknowledgments 155