Author: Collier CobbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineralogy
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Pocket Dictionary of Common Rocks and Rock Minerals
Author: Collier CobbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineralogy
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Pocket Dictionary of Common Rocks and Rock Minerals
Author: Collier CobbPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021344472
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This pocket-sized reference is an essential guide for any mineral collector, geologist, or earth science student. Collier Cobb provides detailed descriptions and photos of common rocks and minerals found throughout North America, as well as helpful tips on mineral identification and classification. With its sturdy construction and compact size, this book is a practical and convenient resource for field research. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Pocket Dictionary of Common Rocks and Rock Minerals
Author: Collier CobbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineralogy
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Pocket Genius: Rocks and Minerals
Author: DKPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 074404670X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Profiling nearly 200 types of rocks and minerals from volcanic rocks and granite to sparkling diamonds and explosive sulfur, DK's Pocket Genius: 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 include facts provided 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.
Minerals of Oregon
Author: Graham John MitchellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineralogy
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Colorado School of Mines Quarterly
Author: Stories in Stone
Author: David B. WilliamsPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295746475
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Most people do not think to observe geology from the sidewalks of a major city, but all David B. Williams has to do is look at building stone in any urban center to find a range of rocks equal to any assembled by plate tectonics. In Stories in Stone, he takes you on explorations to find 3.5-billion-year-old rock that looks like swirled pink-and-black taffy, a gas station made of petrified wood, and a Florida fort that has withstood three hundred years of attacks and hurricanes, despite being made of a stone that has the consistency of a granola bar. Williams also weaves in the cultural history of stone, explaining why a white fossil-rich limestone from Indiana became the only building stone used in all fifty states; how in 1825, the construction of the Bunker Hill Monument led to America’s first commercial railroad; and why when the same kind of marble used by Michelangelo clad a Chicago skyscraper it warped so much after nineteen years that all 44,000 panels of it had to be replaced. This love letter to building stone brings to life the geology you can see in the structures of every city.
Dictionary of Geological Terms
Author: American Geological InstitutePublisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385181019
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
From Aa toZweikanter, this popular dictionary has now been revised and updated. This edition includes over 1,000 new terms plus: -accurate definitions without technical jargon -many word origins -hyphenation and pronunciation guide -commonly used abbreviations -a geologic time and life chart The definitions in this book are drawn largely from the autoritative 36,000-term Glossary Of Geology, to which nearly 150 specialists from all fields of the geosciences contributed. Both the Glossary and this Dictionary were prepared as a service of the American Geological Institute, a federation of geoscience societies united to provide information to the science community and the public.
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Annual Report of the President and Treasurer
Author: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description