A field guide identifying over eighty rocks, minerals, and fossils offers information on their appearance, properties, and natural locations.

Includes index.

How to use this book -- Where to look -- Studying the Earth -- What are minerals? -- What are rocks? -- Igneous rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- What are fossils? -- Minerals -- Igneous rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- Fossils -- Useful words -- Internet links -- Scorecard -- Index.