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Dig deep to discover our rocky planet, packed with natural wonders.
Earth's extraordinary minerals, gems, shells, and fossils are all on dazzling display in this essential visual encyclopedia for children. Feast your eyes on the ultimate treasure trove that any pirate would envy. More than 1,000 stunning photographs showcase rocks and gems in glorious detail, ensuring you can recognise sedimentary from sandstone, metamorphic from marble, and pyrite from pearl. The unique qualities of each eye-catching material are described in-depth, together with their broad range of uses in art, industry, architecture, and science.
Keep your eyes open for rainbow rocks, fluorescent minerals, priceless diamonds, and meteor showers on your geological journey of discovery. Meet dinosaurs in the prehistoric period to understand how fossils form, join the pyramid builders of ancient Egypt to investigate the limestone bricks, and take a dip in the ocean on the hunt for clams, cowries, and cockles.
Treasure seekers, get set to start your own collection with The Rock and Gem Book.
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The Rock and Gem Book
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Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated, 2016
ISBN 10: 0241228131
ISBN 13: 9780241228135
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The Our World in Pictures: The Rock and Gem Book: .And Other Treasures of the Natural World
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Packed with more than 1,200 incredible images you can discover the world's most precious and fascinating objects, from rocks and gems to fossils and shells. Earth's extraordinary minerals, gems, shells, and fossils are all on dazzling display in this essential visual encyclopedia for children.The Rock and Gem Book is an indispensable guide to the natural world's most remarkable treasures the book shows each rock, mineral, fossil, and shell in its natural form, as well as a wide range of everyday and unexpected objects in which they can be found Feast your eyes on the ultimate treasure trove that any pirate would envy! This genius geology book for kids has over 1200 stunning photographs that showcase rocks and gems in glorious detail, ensuring you can recognise sedimentary from sandstone, metamorphic from marble, and pyrite from pearl. The unique qualities of each eye-catching material are described in-depth, together with their broad range of uses in art, industry, architecture, and science. Treasure seekers, get set to start your own collection with this engaging encyclopedia for children aged 9-12. Celebrate your child's curiosity as they explore: -Striking and detailed diagrams, drawings and illustrations on every page -A highly visual approach to learning -Ideal combination of colourful diagrams with infographic text boxes -CGI reconstructions show whole animals to help understand fossil fragments. Keep your eyes open for rainbow rocks, fluorescent minerals, priceless diamonds, and meteor showers on your geological journey of discovery. Meet dinosaurs in the prehistoric period to understand how fossils form, join the pyramid builders of ancient Egypt to investigate the limestone bricks, and take a dip in the ocean on the hunt for clams, cowries, and cockles. This captivating kids enyclopedia also includes at-a-glance panels that provide a quick reference to all the stats, with easy-to-read accessible text for readers aged 9-12, yet can be enjoyed by the entire family, making this enthralling children's encyclopedia a beautiful and educational gift that can be passed down generations. Learn all about the world one picture at a time! If you like Rock and Gem Book, then why not complete the collection? Part of the highly-visual Our World In Pictures series, avid readers can dive into the world of dinosaurs with The Dinosaur Book, become a vehicle virtuoso with Cars, Trains, Ships and Planes and venture on a journey across the globe with Countries, Cultures, People & Places. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR007629390
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Treasures of the natural worldDig deep to discover our rocky planet, packed with natural wonders.Earth's extraordinary minerals, gems, shells, and fossils are all on dazzling display in this essential visual encyclopedia for children. Feast your eyes on the ultimate treasure trove that any pirate would envy. More than 1,000 stunning photographs showcase rocks and gems in glorious detail, ensuring you can recognise sedimentary from sandstone, metamorphic from marble, and pyrite from pearl. The unique qualities of each eye-catching material are described in-depth, together with their broad range of uses in art, industry, architecture, and science.Keep your eyes open for rainbow rocks, fluorescent minerals, priceless diamonds, and meteor showers on your geological journey of discovery. Meet dinosaurs in the prehistoric period to understand how fossils form, join the pyramid builders of ancient Egypt to investigate the limestone bricks, and take a dip in the ocean on the hunt for clams, cowries, and cockles.Treasure seekers, get set to start your own collection with The Rock and Gem Book. Packed full of photos of natural wonders, including rocks, minerals, gems, shells and fossils. This title displays more than 1,200 full-colour specimens, from sapphires and rubies to silver and pearl, revealing the qualities of each material and how it is used in industry, architecture, art and science. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780241228135
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Condition: New. 2016. 1st Edition. hardcover. Packed full of photos of natural wonders, including rocks, minerals, gems, shells and fossils. This title displays more than 1,200 full-colour specimens, from sapphires and rubies to silver and pearl, revealing the qualities of each material and how it is used in industry, architecture, art and science. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; YNN; YRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 285 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1004. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780241228135
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Hardback. Condition: New. Packed with more than 1,200 incredible images you can discover the world's most precious and fascinating objects, from rocks and gems to fossils and shells.Earth's extraordinary minerals, gems, shells, and fossils are all on dazzling display in this essential visual encyclopedia for children.The Rock and Gem Book is an indispensable guide to the natural world's most remarkable treasures the book shows each rock, mineral, fossil, and shell in its natural form, as well as a wide range of everyday and unexpected objects in which they can be found Feast your eyes on the ultimate treasure trove that any pirate would envy!This genius geology book for kids has over 1200 stunning photographs that showcase rocks and gems in glorious detail, ensuring you can recognise sedimentary from sandstone, metamorphic from marble, and pyrite from pearl. The unique qualities of each eye-catching material are described in-depth, together with their broad range of uses in art, industry, architecture, and science. Treasure seekers, get set to start your own collection with this engaging encyclopedia for children aged 9-12. Celebrate your child's curiosity as they explore:-Striking and detailed diagrams, drawings and illustrations on every page -A highly visual approach to learning -Ideal combination of colourful diagrams with infographic text boxes-CGI reconstructions show whole animals to help understand fossil fragments.Keep your eyes open for rainbow rocks, fluorescent minerals, priceless diamonds, and meteor showers on your geological journey of discovery. Meet dinosaurs in the prehistoric period to understand how fossils form, join the pyramid builders of ancient Egypt to investigate the limestone bricks, and take a dip in the ocean on the hunt for clams, cowries, and cockles.This captivating kids enyclopedia also includes at-a-glance panels that provide a quick reference to all the stats, with easy-to-read accessible text for readers aged 9-12, yet can be enjoyed by the entire family, making this enthralling children's encyclopedia a beautiful and educational gift that can be passed down generations.Learn all about the world one picture at a time!If you like Rock and Gem Book, then why not complete the collection? Part of the highly-visual Our World In Pictures series, avid readers can dive into the world of dinosaurs with The Dinosaur Book, become a vehicle virtuoso with Cars, Trains, Ships and Planes and venture on a journey across the globe with Countries, Cultures, People and Places. Seller Inventory # LU-9780241228135
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Condition: New. 2016. 1st Edition. hardcover. Packed full of photos of natural wonders, including rocks, minerals, gems, shells and fossils. This title displays more than 1,200 full-colour specimens, from sapphires and rubies to silver and pearl, revealing the qualities of each material and how it is used in industry, architecture, art and science. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; YNN; YRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 285 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1004. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780241228135
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