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National Geographic Magazines have some of the best photography in the world in them.
  • They have awesome articles about rocks, minerals, erosion, the rock cycle, volcanoes, earthquakes, mining, landscapes, fossils and how humans use our natural resources.
  • National Geographic Magazines are also very easy to obtain. Many people have subscriptions and old copies can be bought cheaply in thrift stores.
  • National Geographic is not just a fabulous magazine, it also has some great web sites.
  • Check out the National Geographic KIDS site http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
  • The following magazines have articles related to rocks & minerals. The list is by no means complete. If you come across an article I have missed, please email me. Thanks. E2B2

  • 1972 Oct. Mercury, Man's deadly servant p. 507

  • 1974 Feb. The Glittering World of Rockhounds p.276

  • 1974? Feb.  Questing for Gems p.835

  • 1977 Sept. Salt - The essence of life p.381

  • Sept. 1977 Amber, Golden Window on the Past p. 423

  • 1978 Aug. Aluminum, The Magic Metal p.186

  • 1983 Nov. The miracle metal - Platinum p.686

  • 1984 Sept. Do we treat our soil like dirt? p.350

  • 1985 Aug. Our restless planet Earth p.142

  • 1985 Aug. Fossils: Annals of life written in rock p. 182

  • 1988 Oct. Clovis Cache Found: Weapons of Ancient Americans p.500 (stone tools)

  • 1990 July The timeless Mystique of Emeralds p.38

  • 1990 July Hawaii's Volcanic Cradle of Life p.70

  • 1998 May Physical World p.2 (earthquakes, volcanoes)

  • 1998 May Map - Physical Earth

  • 1998 Dec. Petra Ancient City of Stone p.116

  • 1998 Dec. Dinosaur Embryos p.34 (fossils)

  • 1999 April Copper Age p.70

  • 1999 June A Dinosaur named Sue p.46 (fossils)

  • 1999 June Sahara Rock Art p.98

  • 1999 Oct. Rubies and Sapphires p.100

  • 1999 Sept. Preserving Sahara Art p.82 (rock art)

  • 2000 Mar. Hard Rock Legacy p.76 (mining)

  • 2000 May Mount St. Helens p. 106 (volcano)

  • 2000 July Earthquake in Turkey p. 32

  • 2000 July Slot Canyons p. 118 (landscape)

  • 2000 Oct. Sky-high over the Sonoran p. 31 (landscapes, deserts, dunes)

  • 2002 March Diamonds The Real Story p. 2

  • 2002 March U-Dig Diamonds, Murfreesboro, Arizona p.118

  • 2003 Jan. Strangest Volcano on Earth? p. 34

  • 2004 April It's All good in the Badlands p. 78 (landscape)

  • 2004 Oct. Red Hot Hawaii p. 2 (volcanoes)

  • 2005 May Dinosaurs for Sale p. 48 (fossils)

  • 2005 Aug. Cave Art Mystery p. 32

  • 2005 Aug. China Fossil Marvels p.86

  • 2006 March The High Cost of Cheap Coal p. 96

 

FIELD GUIDES - Books to help you identify rocks & minerals

  • Most rockhounds start out by just looking at rocks and getting to know them. But after a while, you're going to want to know more.
  • Field Guides are a great source of information. There are a number of other field guides available including specific guides to fossil and gemstones. Some excellent field guides are:
    • Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals (ISBN 0-671-24417-5), my personal favourite.
    • Eyewitness Handbooks Rocks & Minerals (ISBN 0-7737-2575-X), a fabulous book for the beginning rockhound.
    • Dorling Kindersley Handbooks  Rocks & Minerals by Chris Pellant (ISBN 0-7513-2741-7)
    • Firefly Guide to Minerals Rocks & Fossils by A.C. Bishop  (ISBN 978-1-55407-054-1)
       

BOOKS ON ROCKS & MINERALS

For kids, there are a variety of books on rocks & minerals. Some really good ones are:

  •  Eyewitness Books Rocks & Minerals (ISBN 0-7737-2180-0)
  •  Eyewitness Books Fossil (ISBN 0-7737-2346-3)
  •  Eyewitness Crystal & Gem (ISBN 0-7737-2463-X)
  • Ontario Rocks - Three Billion Years of Environmental Change  by Nick Eyles  (ISBN 1-55041-619-7)
    • This is a super book that explains how Ontario rocks came to be and why Ontario looks the way it does.

FICTION - STORIES & POETRY ABOUT ROCKS

  • Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor

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