EZG Rock and Mineral Field Guide by Myrna Martin

Family friendly field guide The EZ Geology Rocks and Mineral Field Guide is designed for anyone who likes to collect rocks and minerals. It is a fun hobby for the whole family.  The field guide is just the right size to carry in a backpack when you go on a hike looking for rocks. The guide can also be used to identify rocks your students have collected over the years that are in boxes. Students living in one area can exchange rocks with students who live in a different location where different types of rocks are common. Many geologists like this field guide for their children and students when they go on field trips. Four major sections in the field guide Igneous rocks were once molten rock that formed igneous rocks above or below ground. Volcanoes are mountains of igneous rocks. Sedimentary rocks cover 75% of the Earth's surface. Sandstone, coral reefs, and limestone formations in caves are examples of sedimentary rocks. Metamorphic rocks are changed rocks. Crustal plates collidin