Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals

Stars shine in the night sky, flowers open their brilliantly colored petals, insects and arachnids fly and crawl over various landscapes, and the land holds fossils, rocks, and minerals. Thousands of fascinating creatures and objects exist on Earth and in the sky above, and each one has distinctive features that set it apart. In the Field Guides for Kids series, learn about hundreds of plants, fossils, rocks, minerals, insects, arachnids, and objects in the night sky, and how to identify them in the wild.

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Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals

Stars shine in the night sky, flowers open their brilliantly colored petals, insects and arachnids fly and crawl over various landscapes, and the land holds fossils, rocks, and minerals. Thousands of fascinating creatures and objects exist on Earth and in the sky above, and each one has distinctive features that set it apart. In the Field Guides for Kids series, learn about hundreds of plants, fossils, rocks, minerals, insects, arachnids, and objects in the night sky, and how to identify them in the wild.

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Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals

Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals

by Marcia Amidon Lusted
Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals

Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals

by Marcia Amidon Lusted

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Overview

Stars shine in the night sky, flowers open their brilliantly colored petals, insects and arachnids fly and crawl over various landscapes, and the land holds fossils, rocks, and minerals. Thousands of fascinating creatures and objects exist on Earth and in the sky above, and each one has distinctive features that set it apart. In the Field Guides for Kids series, learn about hundreds of plants, fossils, rocks, minerals, insects, arachnids, and objects in the night sky, and how to identify them in the wild.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781532196966
Publisher: Field Guides
Publication date: 12/15/2021
Series: Field Guides Set 2
Pages: 112
Product dimensions: 5.67(w) x 8.35(h) x 0.55(d)
Lexile: IG910L (what's this?)
Age Range: 11 - 12 Years

Table of Contents

What Are Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals? 4

How to Use This Book 6

Invertebrate Fossils

Dragonfly 8

Giant Cerith 9

Glass Sponge 10

Goose Barnacle 11

Horn Coral 12

Phylloceratid 13

Sand Dollar 14

Scallop 15

Sea Lily 16

Serpulid Worm 17

Trilobite 18

Tusk Shell 19

Vertebrate Fossils

Archaeopteryx 20

Arthrodire 21

Barosaurus 22

Dimetrodon 23

Diplomystus 24

Eohippus 25

Ichthyosaur 26

Iguanodon 27

Mammoth 28

Megalocephalus 29

Neanderthal 30

Spiny Shark 31

Stereosternum 32

Theropod Trace Fossil 33

Tyrannosaurus Rex 34

Whorl-Toothed Shark 35

Plant Fossils

Amber 36

Cordaites 37

Giant Club Moss 38

Ginkgo 39

Green Alga 40

Horsetail 41

Monkey Puzzle Tree 42

Palm Tree 43

Sigillaria 44

Tree Fern 45

Igneous Rocks

Andesite 46

Basalt 47

Dacite 48

Diabase 49

Diorite 50

Gabbro 51

Granite 52

Obsidian 53

Pumice 54

Rhyolite 55

Sedimentary Rocks

Breccia 56

Chalk 57

Chert 58

Coal 59

Conglomerate 60

Limestone 61

Rock Salt 62

Sandstone 63

Shale 64

Turbidite 65

Metamorphic Rocks

Amphibolite 66

Eclogite 67

Gneiss 68

Marble 69

Migmatite 70

Quartzite 71

Schist 72

Serpentinite 73

Skarn 74

Slate 75

Minerals

Anorthite 76

Arsenic 77

Barite 78

Calcite 79

Carnallite 80

Chromite 81

Cinnabar 82

Copper 83

Crocoite 84

Dolomite 85

Enargite 86

Fluorite 87

Garnet 88

Gold 89

Gypsum 90

Halite 91

Hematite 92

Lazulite 93

Magnetite 94

Nitratine 95

Olivine 96

Pyrite 97

Quartz 98

Scheelite 99

Silver 100

Sperrylite 101

Sylvanite 102

Topaz 103

Torbernite 104

Turquoise 105

Uraninite 106

Vanadinite 107

Glossary 108

To Learn More 109

Photo Credits 110

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