Usborne Spotter's Guide to Rocks & Minerals |
Contents
How to use this book | 4 |
Where to look | 5 |
Studying the Earth | 6 |
Copyright | |
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Agate Amphibolite animals apatite Aquamarine Arsenopyrite Augite basalt Belemnite beryl biotite bivalves blue brachiopods calcite called Carnelian chalcedony Chalcopyrite chalk colour coral dark grey diamonds dinosaur Earth Echinoids elements Emerald feldspar Fluorite form crystals forms rounded lumps fossils found in rocks found in sedimentary fragments Garnet gemstone Goethite gold grains Granite Graphite green Haematite Halite Hornblende igneous rocks jewellery large crystals lava layers limestone look magma magma is forced Magnetite mainly Marble metamorphic rocks Mica schist Milky quartz million years ago mineral Score Date minerals and fossils mudstone muscovite Name of rock Opal oxygen pale pegmatites Phyllite pink Plagioclase Plagioclase feldspar preserved Pumice pyrite Pyrolusite Rock crystal rock or mineral rocks are formed rocks formed sand schist Score Date spotted sea creatures sediment sedimentary rocks Serpentine shape shells silicon siltstone six-sided Smithsonite Smoky quartz Sphalerite Stalactites stalagmites sulphur surface Talc tiny transparent Travertine type of rock volcanic yellow