minerals and shells

・國家地理獲獎系列「小小探險家」2022年最新力作。・超過200張精美的礦石全彩照片，是小朋友認識礦物、岩石、貝殼的最佳書籍。・以小朋友容易理解的方式解釋岩石和礦物如何形成，以及住在貝殼內的動物。・每一章附有趣味問答，鼓勵互動式學習的親子共讀最佳百科。・文字簡明，適合親子朗讀，也適合剛開始獨立閱讀的孩子。・附師長錦囊，將閱讀體驗拓展至書本以外的世界。本書介紹地球上各種迷人的岩石、礦物、寶石、化石和貝殼――從花崗岩到黃金，從大理石到孔雀石，從寶螺到蛤蜊。讀者會了解岩石的形成過程與種類、學會如何區分岩石與礦物、認識五花八門的貝殼以及曾經居住其中的神奇生物，也能知道岩石和礦物如何運用在藝術、建築、工業和科學上。書中收錄200多張令人驚嘆的照片，包括許多特寫鏡頭和令人嘆為觀止的景點，例如北愛爾蘭的巨人堤道和中國萬里長城等人造建築。這是一本專為互動學習而設計的小百科，充滿各種有趣的知識，絕對是小小岩石和貝殼收藏家與父母的良伴！

Get ready to be dazzled! This lively reference book for the younger set introduces a fascinating variety of Earth’s rocks, minerals, gemstones, fossils, and shells--from granite to gold, marble to mal

Packed full of photos of natural wonders, including rocks, minerals, gems, shells and fossils. This title displays more than 1,200 full-colour specimens, from sapphires and rubies to silver and pearl,

In nature, biological organisms produce mineralized tissues such as bone, teeth, diatoms, and shells. Biomineralization is the sophisticated process of production of these inorganic minerals by living

How do crystals nucleate and grow? Why and how do crystals form such a wide variety of morphologies, from polyhedral to dendritic and spherulitic forms? These are questions that have been posed since the seventeenth century, and are still of vital importance today both for modern technology, and to understand the Earth's interior and the formation of minerals by living organisms. In this book, Ichiro Sunagawa sets out clearly the atomic processes behind crystal growth, and describes case studies of complex systems from diamond, calcite and pyrite, to crystals formed through biomineralization, such as the aragonite of shells, and apatite of teeth. Essential reading for advanced graduates and researchers in mineralogy and materials science.