This is an ideal compact identification guide to the rocks, minerals, and crystals found on the shore, in the desert, in national parks, on old mine tips, in yards, and in the stone and stone-faced buildings of North America. An easy-to-follow system of color-coded bands and symbols designating type of rock and hardness of mineral leads rapidly and easily to the correct section of the book. Detailed full-color illustrations and concise informative text that includes details of principal US location allow you to identify accurately the most familiar rocks and minerals of North America.
