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All about minerals : discovering the building blocks of Earth / Cody Crane ; illustrated by Gary LaCoste.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: True book | Digging in geologyPublisher: New York : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780531137116
  • 0531137112
  • 9780531137154
  • 0531137155
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction: Earth's building blocks -- How minerals form -- Identifying minerals -- The BIG truth: Is it a rock or a mineral? -- Finding minerals -- Minerals many uses -- Magnificent mineral facts! -- Think like a scientist -- Grow a stalactite -- True statistics.
Summary: What are minerals and how do they form? What do they look like and where are they found? This introduction to minerals covers the basics, from their role as the building blocks of rocks to the most common minerals on Earth.
Holdings
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 549 C891 Available 33111009790946
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 549 C891 Checked out 07/11/2024 33111010477376
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 549 C891 Available 33111009836533
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

What are minerals and how do they form?

What do they look like and where are they found? This book answers these questions and many more about magnificent minerals. From their role as the building blocks of rocks to the most common minerals on Earth, everything readers need to know is covered!

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Earth's building blocks -- How minerals form -- Identifying minerals -- The BIG truth: Is it a rock or a mineral? -- Finding minerals -- Minerals many uses -- Magnificent mineral facts! -- Think like a scientist -- Grow a stalactite -- True statistics.

What are minerals and how do they form? What do they look like and where are they found? This introduction to minerals covers the basics, from their role as the building blocks of rocks to the most common minerals on Earth.

Ages 8-10. Scholastic Inc.

Grades 4-6. Scholastic Inc.

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