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White book with orange spine and title has 18 small photographs of rocks and minerals, and one large that takes up a third of the cover.
Page 14-15 has chapter title 'Rocks'. Page 14 shows a colour photograph of lava flowing and hardening. Page 15 has a paragraph and a small image of the Easter Island Moai figures.
Page 40-41 shows a full colour photograph of The Wave (sandstone rocks that look like a wave in Arizona, USA). Large text on page 40 says 'the wave is made of 190 million year old sand dunes that have turned to rock.'
Pages 60-61 shows photographs of 6 types of minerals, their names and how they form. Minerals on this page are carbonates, phosphates, arsenates and vanadates, borates and nitrates, sulphates, chromates, molybdates, tungstates, silicates, and organic minersals.
Pages 64-65 are about identifying minerals. Sections across the page include: hardness, specific gravity, colour, streak, transparency and lustre. The page has photographs of minerals in each section. One photograph shows a white hand holding a mineral in one hand and pressing it with the other thumb.
Page 102-103 shows a two page photograph of salt piles in Bolivia. A large fact on page 102 reads 'The world's largest salt flat, Salar de Uyuni contains around 10 billion tonnes of salt'.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, White book with orange spine and title has 18 small photographs of rocks and minerals, and one large that takes up a third of the cover.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Page 14-15 has chapter title 'Rocks'. Page 14 shows a colour photograph of lava flowing and hardening. Page 15 has a paragraph and a small image of the Easter Island Moai figures.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Page 40-41 shows a full colour photograph of The Wave (sandstone rocks that look like a wave in Arizona, USA). Large text on page 40 says 'the wave is made of 190 million year old sand dunes that have turned to rock.'
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Pages 60-61 shows photographs of 6 types of minerals, their names and how they form. Minerals on this page are carbonates, phosphates, arsenates and vanadates, borates and nitrates, sulphates, chromates, molybdates, tungstates, silicates, and organic minersals.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Pages 64-65 are about identifying minerals. Sections across the page include: hardness, specific gravity, colour, streak, transparency and lustre. The page has photographs of minerals in each section. One photograph shows a white hand holding a mineral in one hand and pressing it with the other thumb.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Page 102-103 shows a two page photograph of salt piles in Bolivia. A large fact on page 102 reads 'The world's largest salt flat, Salar de Uyuni contains around 10 billion tonnes of salt'.

Rocks and Minerals

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Facts at your fingertips
This Pocket Eyewitness book has almost 200 rocks and minerals, such as diamond, basalt, and marble.

Look through the photographs and read about the characteristics of each rock and mineral.

You'll learn how to identify rocks and minerals, learn where and how they form, and what we use them for! 


Additional Information: 

  • 160-page paperback with colour images
  • Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers
  • Publication Date: 03/05/2018
  • 129 x 96 mm