If you like to find and collect all kinds of fine or exotic rocks and gems or professional treasure seekers, then you must have enough knowledge about them, otherwise you will miss out on a lot of exotic treasures. At this time, The Rock & Gem Book is just what you need. Meanwhile, it is also the perfect encyclopedia for young geologists to consult.
In The Rock & Gem Book, all chapters are organized according to scientific classifications (stones are divided into four classes: rock, mineral, fossil and shell) with straightforward and detailed explanations that bring each specimen to life (the quartz in watches, the limestone in the Great Pyramids, the earth's natural treasures are used in architecture, art, and science), and all pages are filled with highly visual spreads (1200+ stunning full-color photographs) that show off the depth and unique quality of each gemstone, rock, and fossil.
With this book in hand, you can get up close to diamonds, rubies, pearls, and sapphires, and study the different types of rocks, as well as their broad range of uses in art, industry, architecture, and science. Eventually, you will be able to see the past with fossils, learn about the ocean through shells, find out difference between a rock and a gem, what makes gold, Hope Diamond so special, and why are some minerals fluorescent...
Table Of Contents
- Foreword
- Our rocky planet
- The rock cycle
- Rocks
- Rocks
- Igneous rocks
- Granite
- Volcanic rocks
- Basalt
- Violent Earth
- Metamorphic rocks
- Marble
- Sedimentary rocks
- Sandstone
- Rainbow mountains
- Rocks from outer space
- Impact crater
- Minerals and gems
- Minerals and gems
- Native minerals
- Gold
- Silver
- Diamond
- Copper
- Mighty mine
- Sulfides
- Pyrite
- Ore minerals
- Oxides
- Ice
- Under the ice
- Fluorescent minerals
- Hydrated minerals
- Mineral salts
- Salt
- Carbonates and borates
- Spectacular spring
- Malachite
- Sulfate minerals
- Gypsum
- Cave of Crystals
- Phosphate group minerals
- Silicates
- Topaz
- Jade
- Jasper falls
- Ruby and sapphire
- Emerald
- Feldspars
- Mineraloids
- Amber
- Opal
- Decorative stones
- Fossils
- Fossils
- Life in the ancient seas
- Fossil fish
- Plant fossils
- Trees of stone
- The first land animals
- Marine reptiles
- Flying reptiles
- Meat-eating monsters
- Plant-eaters
- Dino birds
- Microraptor
- Early mammals
- Mega animals and humans
- Ice age herds
- Shells
- Shells
- Tuns, winkles, and relatives
- Conchs and cowries
- Unusual mover
- Augers, cones, and turrids
- Whelks and relatives
- Murexes and relatives
- Other snails
- Floating the waves
- Clams, cockles, and relatives
- Super-sized shell
- Oysters, scallops, and relatives
- Strange shells
- Nature's submarine
- Famous treasures
- Glossary
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