Rocks and Minerals

Featuring stunning photography and fact-filled, easy-to-read text, Rocks and Minerals explores the geological process of how rocks are made over millions of years. View the majestic white cliffs of Dover, created from millions of sea animal skeletons, and understand how minerals are at the heart of every computer and electronic device on Earth.

Provides a close-up view of various types of rocks and minerals and describes their origins, the effects they have on the landscape, and how they have been used.

Golden Guides first appeared in 1949 and quickly established themselves as authorities on subjects from Natural History to Science. Relaunched in 2000, Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press feature modern, new covers as part of a multi-year, million-dollar program to revise, update, and expand the complete line of guides for a new generation of students.