Rocks & Minerals : Eyewitness Books

Discover the Earth's rocks and minerals in close-up--their creation, beauty, and importance in everyday life. Chapters include how rocks are formed, igneous rocks, volcanic rocks, sedimentary rocks, limestone caves, metamorphic rocks, marble, the first flint tools, rocks as tools, pigments, fossils, rocks from space, crystals, gemstones, precious metals, cutting and polishing.