Author: Holly Cefrey
Publisher: PowerKids Pre
Keywords: rocks, earth, igneous
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2003-08-01
List price: $21.25
ISBN-10: 0823964647
ISBN-13: 9780823964642
Authors:R. W. Le Maitre, A. Streckeisen, B. Zanettin, M. J
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: igneous, rocks, sciences, geological, subcommission, systematics, union, recommendations, classification, glossary, terms, international
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 2002-05-13
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 052166215X
ISBN-13: 9780521662154
Decades of field and microscope studies, and more recent quantitative geochemical analyses have resulted in a vast, and sometimes overwhelming, array of nomenclature and terminology associated with igneous rocks. This book presents a complete classification of igneous rocks based on all the recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks. The glossary of igneous terms has been fully updated since the first edition and now includes 1633 entries, of which 312 are recommended by the Subcommission.Book DescriptionThis indis
Authors:Walter Schumann Dr., R. Bradshaw, K.A. G. Mil
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Keywords: gemstones, minerals, rocks, handbook
Number of Pages: 380
Published: 1993-01-04
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0395511372
ISBN-13: 9780395511374
This handbook includes more than 600 stunning color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and gems from all over the world. Each specimen is described in detail: its origin and structure, chemical composition, hardness, color, and other properties.
Authors:Cynthia Dusel-Bacon, David A. Brew, Susan L. Douglas
Publisher:
Keywords: metamorphosed, rocks, regionally, alaska, facies, map, southeastern, ages, distribution, metamorphic
Published: 1996-06
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9996968251
ISBN-13: 9789996968259
Author: Rick Ba
Publisher: Mariner Book
Keywords: rocks, lives
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2007-10-17
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 061891966X
ISBN-13: 9780618919666
A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice A Rocky Mountain News Best Book of the Year Finalist for the Story PrizeAt once expertly crafted and undeniably moving, these ten stories deftly explore our immutable connection with nature. The centerpiece of the collection is the arresting title story, in which a woman alone in her mountain cabin confronts a terminal illness. In the equally remarkable Her First Elk, the same character recalls her most memorable and significant hunting experience. Set in locations ranging from Montana to Texas to Mississippi, the remaining stories further illumin
Author: DK Publishing
Publisher: DK CHILDREN
Keywords: wonder, eye, minerals, rocks
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2004-01-01
List price: $10.99
ISBN-10: 0789497603
ISBN-13: 9780789497604
Eye Wonder Rocks and Minerals introduces geologic elements to budding scientists -- Did you know that the amount of gold in any material is measured in carats and that 24-carat gold is pure gold? Find out facts like this and much more in this fascinating guide to rocks and minerals.
Author: Kay Rya
Publisher: Grove Pre
Keywords: poems, rocks, elephant
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1997-08-19
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0802135250
ISBN-13: 9780802135254
Elephant Rocks, Kay Ryans third book of verse, shows a virtuoso practitioner at the top of her form. Engaging and secretive, provocative and profound, Ryans poems have generated growing excitement with their appearances in The New Yorker and other leading periodicals. Sometimes gaudily ornamental, sometimes Shaker-plain, here is verse that is compact on the page and expansive in the mind.
