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English
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Date de parution
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9781398219229
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English
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Read All About ROCKS AND GEMS
by Jaclyn Jaycox
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Contents
Chapter 1 What are rocks? . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2 Rocks are everywhere! . . . . 8
Chapter 3 Properties of rocks and minerals . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 4 Gemstones . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 5 Sedimentary rocks . . . . . . 20
Chapter 6 Igneous rocks . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 7 Metamorphic rocks . . . . . . 28
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Words in bold are in the glossary.
