
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Rocks of the World
by John Farndon
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Rocks of the World
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UNDERSTANDING HOW ROCKS ARE MADE |
8
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Inside the Earth |
10
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Continents and Plates |
12
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The Moving Earth |
14
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Mountain Building |
16
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Earthquakes and Faults |
18
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Volcanoes |
20
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Igneous Features |
22
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The Rock Cycle |
24
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How Igneous Rocks form |
26
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How Sedimentary Rocks Form |
28
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How Metamorphic Rocks Form |
30
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Rock Landscapes |
32
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The Ages of the Earth |
34
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Rocks and Fossils |
36
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How Minerals Form |
38
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Geological Maps |
40
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Reading the Landscape |
42
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Mineral Ores |
44
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Collecting Rocks and Minerals |
46
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Classifying Rocks |
48
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WORLD DIRECTORY OF ROCKS |
50
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Identifying rocks |
52
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Igneous Rocks |
54
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Volcanic rocks: silica-rich rocks |
54
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Andesites |
56
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Trachytes and spillite |
58
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Basalts |
60
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Glassy rocks |
62
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Volcanic froth and ash |
64
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Volcanic debris |
66
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Ultramafic rocks |
68
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Olivine-rich rocks and carbonatite |
70
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Syenites |
72
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Plutonic rocks: granite |
74
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Granitoids |
76
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Gabbro and diorite |
78
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Gabbroic rocks |
80
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Dyke, sill and vein rocks |
82
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Pegmatites |
84
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Sedimentary Rocks |
86
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Lutites |
86
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More mudrocks |
88
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Sandstones |
90
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Arenites and wackes |
92
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Rudites |
94
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Biochemical rocks |
96
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Limestones (carbonate rocks) |
98
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Ooliths and dolostones |
100
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Chemical rocks |
102
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Organic rocks |
104
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Metamorphic Rocks |
106
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Metamorphic rocks: non-foliated |
106
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Mafic metamorphic rocks |
108
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Marble |
110
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Foliated metamorphic rocks |
112
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Slate |
114
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Schists |
116
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Gneiss and Granulite |
118
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Rocks altered by fluids and other means |
120
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Space rocks |
122
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Glossary |
124
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Index |
126
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