Following the scientific process, this title provides instructions on how to conduct experiments that help students gain a better understanding of minerals.
This captivating book introduces children to hands-on science with fun activities like starting your own impressive rock collection and how to stay safe on your rock finding missions.
Most minerals fracture and cleave, but some will only fracture. Common fracture terms are uneven, conchoidal (shell-like), hackly (jagged), and splintery. curved fracture in opal rough, uneven surfaces of rock crystal Uneven fracture ...
Discusses the physical properties of various rocks and minerals and gives instructions for collecting and identifying specimens.
A sweeping survey of the fluorescent minerals of the world shown both in daylight and under the ultraviolet light.
Introduces the different types of, and uses for, rocks and minerals, and discusses how they are formed.
The Mineral Book is a part of the best-selling Wonders of Creation Series!
The Second Edition of this concise, clear, and handy-sized volume, highly respected and successful authors explain to the reader, with the help of 180 superb color photomicrographs, how to observe, describe and identify thin section samples ...
In this guide you'll learn: MINERAL SALTS THE MACROMOLECULES OF LIFE NATURAL FOODS THE PH OF THE BLOOD FATS (LIPIDS) PROTEINS (PROTIDES) CALCIUM (CA) PHOSPHORUS (P) SODIUM (NA) POTASSIUM (K) CHLORINE (CL) SULFUR (S) IRON (FE) COPPER (CU) ...
Useful for beginners and serious collectors alike, this handy volume features special color photography of specimens from the Natural History Museum in London, which holds one of the largest collections in the world. •Beautiful color ...
We feel privileged to have owned so many wonderful mineral specimens. The minerals in this set of books are now scattered in collections across the globe, never to be seen by any one person ever again. This compilation is my life's work.