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What are minerals?
Title:
What are minerals?
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Discover the sometimes surprising uses of minerals, as well as where they can be found and how they are mined.
Year Published:
2012
Series:
Physical Description:
32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
The mineral world -- Cool it! -- Rock classes -- Identity issues -- Scratched by Mr. Mohs -- Common silicates -- The precious ones -- Not just luck anymore -- Mining it -- Mind that mine -- Minerals at home -- Look good, feel good -- So amazing -- Glossary.
Program Information:
Science
Subject:
ISBN:
9780778772156
Publisher:
St. Cathereines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub. Co., 2012.