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Identifying Rocks and Minerals/Introduction
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The purpose of this book is to help you identify some of the more common rocks and minerals, such as quartz, slate, and granite. I hope that when I finish you will be ably to identify some of these rocks without being assisted by others.
Differences Between Rocks and Minerals