The Wonders of Rocks and Minerals explores the world of geology in an exciting and highly interactive way. What are minerals and how are they different from rocks? What are the three groups of rocks and the geological processes involved in the formation of each? You will learn to identify and name minerals and rocks, just like a geologist does on a field trip.

New to this version:

• Scored review quizzes that can be printed or saved to file
• New navigation with page numbers and a jump button
• Default narration
• Chapter headings for easier navigation

Includes stunning photographs, full color animated sequences, a glossary, interactive exercises, and an illustrated database of over 50 minerals.

Table of Contents:

• Minerals: How are Minerals and Rocks Different?/ Important Mineral Properties/ How to Identify Minerals/ A Mineral Identification Key/ Important Minera
• Groups/ Reviewing Minerals/ Basic Facts About Common Minerals
• The Rock Cycle
• Igneous Rocks: How Igneous Rocks Form/ Textures of Igneous Rocks/ Minerals in Igneous Rocks/ Naming Igneous Rocks
• Sedimentary Rocks: How Sedimentary Rocks Form/ Conglomerate, Sandstone, and Shale/ Limestone, Chert, and Other Chemical Sedimentary Rocks/
• Reviewing Sedimentary Rocks/ Interpreting Past Environments
• Metamorphic Rocks: Metamorphic Rocks are Changed Rocks/ What Causes Metamorphism?/ How Metamorphic Rocks are Different/ Common Metamorphic Rocks
• The Rock Review Challenge

System Requirements: Macintosh: PowerPC™ 180 MHz processor (G3 or higher recommended); Mac OS® 9.2 to Mac OS X, 128 MBytes available RAM; thousands or millions of colors. QuickTime™ required. Windows: Windows 98®: Intel® Pentium® II 200MHz, 64 MBytes available RAM; Windows 2000® and Windows XP®: Pentium III 450 MHz, 128 MBytes available RAM; thousands or millions of colors. QuickTime™ required. This program was developed as a 32-bit application and is not supported on 64-bit versions of XP or Vista.

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