Learn about how Earth’s history is written in its rocks with this excerpt from “How to Read a Rock” Jan Zalasiewicz The pine tree, in this age-old relationship, is supported by the rock, and gains ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Kids and rocks are made for each other. I ...

Discover how rocks, minerals & the rock cycle change your world. Join the Science Trek team to explore rocks and minerals! Discover how the Earth formed, the three types of rocks, the rock cycle, and ...

THE third edition of this useful American text-book of macroscopic petrology is similar to the previous edition published nearly a quarter of a centrlly ago. The book has been slightly condensed and ...

THE professed purpose of this little book is “to tell to the people the story of the minerals”, and to this end the author has been careful to keep his text free from all technicalities. The opening ...

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