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Minerals up close / by Jason Glaser.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Under the microscopePublication details: New York : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2014.Edition: 1st edDescription: 32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 143398346X (library binding)
  • 1433983478 (pbk.)
  • 9781433983467 (library binding)
  • 9781433983474 (pbk.)
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Contents:
Breakdown -- Elementary -- Mineral deposits -- Properties of minerals -- Metals -- Crystal structure -- Hard rock -- Color and luster -- Minerals on earth -- Tricky minerals -- Inorganic helping organic -- Minerals for the human body.
Summary: Minerals are amazing. Their beauty, variety, and many properties are fascinating to observe, especially under a microscope. Readers get a chance to see close-up photographs of many minerals as they learn what a mineral is and how it forms from various elements. They'll also learn why people need minerals for their bodies to function and how we can get them through the things we eat.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 549 G548 Available 33111007526532
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Minerals are amazing. Their beauty, variety, and many properties are fascinating to observe, especially under a microscope. Readers get a chance to see close-up photographs of many minerals as they learn what a mineral is and how it forms from various elements. They'll also learn why people need minerals for their bodies to function and how we can get them through the things we eat.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Breakdown -- Elementary -- Mineral deposits -- Properties of minerals -- Metals -- Crystal structure -- Hard rock -- Color and luster -- Minerals on earth -- Tricky minerals -- Inorganic helping organic -- Minerals for the human body.

Minerals are amazing. Their beauty, variety, and many properties are fascinating to observe, especially under a microscope. Readers get a chance to see close-up photographs of many minerals as they learn what a mineral is and how it forms from various elements. They'll also learn why people need minerals for their bodies to function and how we can get them through the things we eat.

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