Written and designed for the beginner, this book describes and illustrates the most common and interesting rocks and minerals, from simple sandstone to exotic g

Describes hundreds of minerals and lists their geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structure.

A guidebook to rocks and minerals.

Ecology.

Presents the novice with information about the plants and animals--from poison ivy and cockroaches to crabgrass and mountain lions--that grow and live near huma