TY - BOOK AU - Crane,Cody AU - LaCoste,Gary TI - All about minerals: discovering the building blocks of Earth T2 - A true book SN - 9780531137116 PY - 2021/// CY - New York PB - Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc KW - Mineralogy KW - Juvenile literature KW - Minerals KW - Instructional and educational works KW - lcgft KW - Illustrated works N1 - 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; Ages 8-10; Scholastic Inc; Grades 4-6; Scholastic Inc N2 - 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 ER -