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by Melissa Stewart
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Rocks and Minerals |
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Heinemann Library, 2002
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for Grades 3-5
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ISBN 978-0-43114-373-6
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Purchase this book at your local independent bookseller or Amazon.com. |
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This book makes learning about rocks just as much fun as collecting them. Readers encounter a breathtaking terrain covering mineral composition and identification, how we use minerals, and record-setting mineral finds. Thanks to dynamic descriptions, diagrams, and photos, the reader’s natural curiosity is firmly grounded in rock-solid information. |
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Research Notes |
| “When I was a kid, I loved collecting rocks at an old lead mine near my parents’ house. In third grade, I entered my rock collection in the school science fair and won second prize. So when my editor asked me to write this book, I was thrilled. It gave me a chance to delve deeper into the basics of earth science. Now I think about the geologic history of areas whenever I travel." |