The Complete Illustrated Guide to Minerals, Rocks & Fossils (Hardcover)

A comprehensive reference guide to over 700 minerals, rocks, and plant and animal fossials from around the globe and how to identify them, with over 2000 photographs and illustrations

An exciting and authoritative family encyclopedia on the Earth`s most precious and intriguing natural resources, and essential reading for any amateur geologist or palaeontologist

Fascinating introductions to each directory reveal how rocks and fossils form, the habitats and sites where they are found, how they are classified, and what they tell us about the natural world

Extensive illustrated directories feature profiles of over 700 rocks, minerals, and plant and animal fossils, with in-depth descriptions of their qualities and properties, and handy at-a-glance specification fact files

With more than 800 explanatory artworks, including detailed evolutionary timescales, structural diagrams of the rocks and minerals, and reconstruction illustrations to show what the fossilized plant or animal may have looked like

Detailed advice on safe extraction, home-testing techniques, cleaning without damage and how to display the specimens - all you need to build an impressive and attractive collection

Rocks, minerals and fossils have a timeless fascination. Endlessly interesting and beautiful to look at, they also offer up all kinds of information about the origins and evolution of our planet. Rocks and minerals reveal the great earth shifts that have formed the globe`s mighty mountains and vast oceans. Fossils - plant and animal remains preserved in rock - give clues to the development of the diverse life forms that have flourished on Earth over millions of years, from simple mosses and giant dinosaurs to human beings.

This informative, highly illustrated book is a complete reference source for anyone interested in the earth sciences. Each section of the book starts with an introduction explaining how the phenomena have formed and their major defi

Author:

Farndon, John

ISBN:

9780754817369

Format:

Hardcover

Pages:

512

Publish Date:

06/16/2010

Publisher:

Lorenz Books

Language:

English

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