National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Familiar Rocks and Minerals

National Audubon Society Pocket Guides

by National Audubon Society, Charles W. Chesterman (Designed by)

Shows and describes gneiss, marble, slate, sandstone, shale, limestone, granite, basalt, talc, and gypsum, and discusses crystal structure and identification tests

Genres: Reference, Science

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 12, 1988

About the author

Incorporated in 1905, the National Audubon Society is a nonprofit conservation organization that uses education and advocacy to advance its mission to conserve and restore natural habitats of birds and wildlife in the United States and across the Americas. Audubon also produces bestselling descriptive field guides on a wide variety of nature-related topics.

Reviews

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very small, basic guide to rocks and minerals. Contains very basic information on about 80 or so common rocks and minerals. I think I had about 150 rocks and 150 minerals that I had to be able to identify in my mineralogy and petrology classes. These are all minerals/rocks that I had to memorize facts on, early on, in my earth and planetary science classes. I found and old tan, landscape version of this book published in the 80s. I bought it because it's kind of cute.

[Kellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very precise book. This book was the ONLY text book used during grad school. Very sturdy (It accompanied me in many a hike), colorful photos, and the cover is a type of vinyl that is tear-resistant so it can really take a beating. The book is organized well even for the layman. I suggest it for a student taking one semester of geology all the way to the doctoral candidate.