Download or read book Minerals, Rocks and Fossils written by Roger Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to indentifying minerals, rocks, and fossils. Intended for amateur collectors and specialists alike, it is small enough to be carried in the pocket or rucksack. It contains 145 colour plates which show typical mineral, rock and fossils specimens This reference book combines a detailed encyclopaedia with a comprehensive 96-page world atlas. The encyclopaedia contains more than 13,000 A-Z entries, colour illustrations, 150 special box features and 200 individual country features.. The plates were photographed from the Natural History Museum's collection.