What Are Minerals?

Contributor(s): Hyde, Natalie (Author)

ISBN: 9780778772156

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company

Hardcover

$30.60

Pub Date: February 28, 2012

Dewey: 549

Lexile Code: 0910

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 08 to 11

Physical Info: 0.30" H x 11.10" L x 8.70" W ( 0.88 lbs) 32 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Science and Nature | Earth Sciences Rocks and Minerals | Experiments and Projects

Series: Let's Rock!

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000150814 ( What Are Minerals?)

Reading level: 6.20

Interest level: MG

Point value: 1.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Minerals are chemicals that are the building blocks of rocks. Metals, crystals, and gemstones are all minerals found in rocks. This interesting book describes how to identify minerals, where they can be found, the rock cycle process, the uses of minerals, and how they are mined.

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