Tomecek, Steve.
Summary: An introduction to rocks and minerals that features color photographs and facts about the world, the life and death of rocks, and gems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 552 TomWilson, Wendell E.
Contents: Introduction : the mineral collection of the Houston Museum of Natural Science / Joel A. Bartsch, Wendell E. Wilson and Mark Mauthner -- The discerning eye : what makes a mineral collectible? / Wendell E. Wilson -- Plates / Wendell E. Wilson and Joel A. Bartsch -- The paths of discovery : from the mine to the museum / Wendell E. Wilson -- A royal passion : a history of aristocratic mineral...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houston Museum of Natural Science and the Mineralogical Record, in association with H.N. Abrams 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 549.074 WILCrane, Cody
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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 549 CRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 549 CRADiNicolantonio, James
Summary: "We all know the dangers of sugar and salt: but the danger attributed to the second white crystal has more to do with getting too little of it, not too much. A leading cardiovascular research scientist and doctor of pharmacy overturns conventional thinking about salt and explores instead the little-understood importance of it, the health dangers of having too little, and how salt can actually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 DINDonohue, Moira Rose
Summary: Featuring more than two hundred photos, this interactive introduction to the Earth's rocks, minerals, gemstones, fossils, and shells is filled with fascinating facts as well as breathtaking natural sites.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2021
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Summary: Learn what rocks are made of and learn geologists use rocks and minerals to learn about the Earth's history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 552.0078 HANO'Neal, Claire.
Summary: Discusses soil composition and earth's geology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Lane Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 552.0078 ONEWalker, Sally M.
Summary: Readers learn about minerals, their properties, and their uses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 549 WALGarlick, Sarah
Summary: Helps anyone identify common rocks, minerals, gems, fossils and land formations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 552.09 GARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Earth GarlickLynch, Dan R.
Summary: With this book, you'll experience the excitement of finding, collecting, and identifying rocks and minerals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adventure Publications 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Nature LynchWood, Alix
Summary: Rocks and minerals are the building blocks of our world, but there's a huge and fascinating variety of these materials, from the roundest gray pond rock to the most brilliant and sparkly diamond. Readers will learn about all manner of rocks and minerals, as well as their properties, types, and uses. Color photos and diagrams allow curious geologists in training to study rocks and minerals in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2022
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Nature WoodErickson, Jon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File, Inc. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 560 ERISchumann, Walter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 552 SCHMitchell, James R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gem Guides Book Co. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 552 MITVernon, R. H. (Ronald Holden)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 552 VERChesterman, Charles Wesley
Summary: These are fully illustrated with color photographs, comprehensive field guides including extensive descriptions covering appearance, habitat, range and much more! A key by color arrangement plus color illustrations of each rock and mineral are two features of this basic guide. Perfect for mountain climbers and hikers, this valuable reference covers more rocks and minerals in North America than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 552 CHELondon, Martha
Summary: "At the border of Nepal and Tibet, climbers try to reach the highest point above sea level. Mount Everest looks at when and how this mountain formed and what the future looks like for the popular climbing peak."--Amazon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Core, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J910.202 LONSquire, Ann.
Summary: Introduces different types of minerals and where they are found.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 549 SQULüsted, Marcia Amidon
Summary: This field guide has 100 entries highlighting a variety of fossils, rocks, and minerals. Readers will gain a greater understanding about these objects and will be able to identify them in the wild. Features include a helpful introduction to the topic, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Reference, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 550 LUSNicolay, H. H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. S. Barnes 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 549 NICScheyder, Ernest
Summary: Tough choices loom if the world wants to go green. The United States and other countries must decide where and how to procure the materials that make our renewable energy economy possible. To build electric vehicles, solar panels, cell phones, and millions of other devices means the world must dig more mines to extract lithium, copper, cobalt, rare earths, and nickel. But mines are deeply...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Signal Publishers/Atria 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 333.8 SCHBurgis, Tom
Summary: The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of the industrial supply chain. While Africa accounts for about 30 per cent of the world's reserves of hydrocarbons and minerals and 14 per cent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 960 BURBeiser, Vince
Summary: "How the metals we need to power technology and energy are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and murder-and how we can do better. An Australian multimillionaire's plan to mine the ocean floor. Garbage pickers in Nigeria risking their lives to salvage e-waste amid nightmarish pollution. A Bill Gates-backed entrepreneur harnessing artificial intelligence to find metals in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books
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Summary: "The world is desperate for cobalt. It fuels the digital economy and powers everything from cell phones to clean energy. But this 'demon metal,' this 'blood mineral,' has a horrific present and troubled history. Then there is the town in northern Canada, also called Cobalt. It created a model of resource extraction a hundred years ago -- theft of Indigenous lands, rape of the earth,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anansi 2022