Rocks+&+Minerals

=Rocks, Gems, and Minerals = by Trudi Strain Trueit City of Publication: New York City Publishers Name: F. Watts Copyright Year: 2003

Call N umber: 552 TRU

**__Summary/Description__:** **This book is mainly about all of the rocks and minerals in the earth. It has stuff in it all about the Mohs scale which tells how hard a mineral is compared to another item such as talc can be easily broken and is rated as a 2 to tell us that it is a fragile mineral. The book also contains info on the rock life, going through the rock cycle and all sorts of stuff like that. Another section in the book is all about the uses for some minerals. In that section it tells you about how they use certain minerals to make fireworks explode and some different ones to make the colors and shapes. **

Diamonds and Other Gems by Neil Morris City of Publication: North Mankato, MN Publishers Name: Smart Apple Media Copyright Year: 2006 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">Call Number: 553.8 MOR <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**__Summary/Description__: This book is all about gems, such as diamonds. It also has a whole section dedicated to the different birthstones for every month. Such stones are garnet, amethyst, aquamarine, diamond, emerald, alexandrite, ruby, sardonyx, sapphire, opal, topaz, and turquoise. Each one of those different gems go to a specific month of the year, and they are in order in the list above, starting with January and ending with December. There is also a lot of other info dealing with where they can be found and what they are used for in every day life.**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Earth's Resources

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">by Steve Parker

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">City of Publication: Austin, Texas <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Publishers Name: Raintree Steck~Vaughn <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">Copyright Year: 2001 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">Call Number: 553 PAR


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">__Summary/Description__: This book is all about the resources within the earth and how they can be used. Such as coal and how we can use it as a fuel to make electricity, and how it was once used to light up homes very long ago. It also tells about precious gems like the other two books, and it tells how the resources are all mined up with quarries and miners. Within the book there is also some info on the metals that we use every day and some special metals as well. in the book they talk about all of the natural resources such as coal and oil. **

__**Beyond the Book**__: Go beyond the book by exploring these recommended web resources: > http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/rxmin/mineral.htm l - This site here tells all about the different minerals that can be found around the world. >
 * http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/identification.html - On this site there is a lot of information for smaller children, like those that are about 7 or 8 years old.
 * http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzethsci3.html - This site tells all about the uses of certain minerals and rocks.
 * http://www.rocksandminerals.org/ - this site is that for a magazine that tells all about rocks and minerals, that would be why it is called rocks and minerals (.) org.
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