Instant Guide to Rocks and Minerals

by Cecilia Fitzsimons

An Instant Guide to Rocks and Minerals is an ideal compact identification guide to the rocks, minerals, and crystals found on the shore, in the desert, in national parks, on old mine tips, in yards, and in the stone and stone-faced buildings of North America.
This user-friendly guide assumes no previous knowledge: an easy-to-follow system of color-coded bands and symbols designating type of rock and hardness of mineral leads quickly to the correct section of the book. Detailed, full-color illustrations and a concise but informative text that includes details of principal U.S. locations allow you to identify accurately the most familiar rocks and minerals of North America.

Genres: Reference

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[theghostfactory]

Doesn’t have a whole lot of details, but is an excellent quick reference. I learned some things, was able to identify a few rocks and minerals in my own collection, and used the material as a jumping off point for informed inquiry.

I will be returning to this as a reference book! Very helpful.