Rocks Minerals category: 250 books

The rock cycle is a story millions of years in the making. From metamorphic rock to magma and igneous rock to sedimentary rock and back again, rock is constantly forming, wearing down, and forming again. With news about the environment in the forefront, an understanding of how the natural world works...

Dig into this photo-packed Penguin-Smithsonian book about fossils—and find out what was going on in our world. Aren't you curious about what Earth was like long ago? What creatures lived before us? What happened to the dinosaurs? Curious about Fossils explains why and where fossils...

Take a trip into a working underground copper mine in Canada's Yukon Territory. Today I Discovered The Underground Copper Mine is one in a series of eBooks by WestView Learning highlighting natural things in our world through engaging photos, videos, and custom voice recordings.The Minto Copper Mine...

29,028 feet tall and still growing?! Even though Mount Everest measures 29,028 feet high, it may be growing about two inches a year. A mountain might be thousands of feet high, but it can still grow taller or shorter each year. Mountains are created when the huge plates that make up the earth's...

Can you make an ice cube disappear? Put it on a hot sidewalk. It melts into water and then vanishes! The ice cube changes from solid to liquid to gas. This Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out picture book is a fascinating exploration of the three states of matter. Now rebranded with a new cover...

Susan B. Anthony spent her life fighting for equal rights for women. Readers will learn all about her interesting and inspiring life in this engaging biographical reader that features detailed images, informational text, and a timeline of Anthony's life.

Geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere—each of these spheres make up planet Earth. From deep below Earth’s surface where metals are made to the thermosphere that protects our planet from harmful sunrays, travel through each layer of these spheres to see how every living thing is connected....

Learn how to read a gold bearing stream, where gold hides, how to recover it with out heavy equipment, recognizing all types of traps to help you find more gold.

“Highly recommended for a wide audience.” Donovan's Literary Services - Midwest Book Review “Highly engaging little read.” J. Aislynn d Merricksson - Readers' Favorite “More an adventure tale” Big Al - Books and Pals A soulful mix of writing, geology, rock and roll,...

Throughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for the real stories behind some of the gems we prize most. Blending adventure...

The Mazinaw, a place of striking natural beauty, is famous for Bon Echo Rock, a massive sheer cliff, dropping into one of Ontario's deepest lakes. The Mazinaw Experience traces the presence of human habitation on the shores of the Mazinaw from its earliest beginnings to the present, from the nomadic...

This is the true story of how I sought for, and found a 2.13-carat, brown diamond at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park. I had it cut into a lovely, 1.21-carat marquise diamond. I then had it graded and appraised. It is worth $9,800. My discovery was awarded “One of the Best Finds of 2010” by the editors of Western and Eastern Treasure Magazine.

Nature has the upper hand in this compelling story of the North Fork of the Flathead, Montana, adjacent to Glacier National Park. Participate in the family adventures and remarkable events that were a daily occurrence in one of the few remaining wild areas in the lower 48. True tales from the past...

First published in 2001, Barren Lands is the classic true story of the men who sought—and found—a great diamond mine on the last frontier of the far north. From a bloody 18th-century trek across the Canadian tundra to the daunting natural forces facing protagonists Chuck Fipke and Stewart Blusson...