A top-seller for over 35 years with over one million copies sold, this lab manual represents by far the best collection of photos of rocks and minerals–and one of the best compilations of exercises–available. With exercises using maps, aerial photos, satellite imagery, and other materials, this classic manual encompasses all the major geologic processes as well as the identification of rocks and minerals. All changes in the Twelfth Edition are based on reviewer feedback.
This book was amazingly crappy at actually teaching anything. Without a very attentive geology lab teacher, the exercises found in this overpriced volume are worthless. The binding is terrible as well, with pages falling out almost the first day.