Introduces rocks and minerals, and includes projects such as growing crystals, panning for gold, and making concrete.

Introduces readers to rocks and minerals, describing how they are created, what they can be used for, and their different forms and types

"Earth's crust contains many different kinds of rocks and minerals, such as granite, sandstone, basalt, quartz, and crystal. No matter where you walk, you can find rocks and minerals. They give us clues to what happened millions and millions of years ago in Earth's history. With fascinating facts and beautiful full-color photographs, award-winning science writer Seymour Simon takes young readers into the wonderful world of rocks and minerals.

With this book, you'll experience the excitement of finding, collecting, and identifying rocks and minerals.

This book discusses rocks and minerals, how they are formed, and how they are grouped.

An introduction to rocks and minerals, their types, origins, and uses.

This book introduces readers to the fascinating and important study of minerals taking us from fundamental facts about elements, from which everything on Earth is made.