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Suggested Reading List:

Bartenbach, Jean. Rockhound Trails (Atheneum, 1977).
Cormack, Maribelle. The First Book of Stones (New York, Watts, 1950).
Gallob, Edward. City Rocks, City Blocks and the Moon (Scribner, 1973).
Gans, Roma. Rock Collecting (HarperCollins, 1984).
Pope, Joyce. Nature Club: Fossil Detective (Troll Associates, 1994).
Shuttlesworth, Dorothy Edwards. The Doubleday First Guide to Rocks (Doubleday, 1963).
Simon, Seymour. The Rock-Hound's Book (Viking Press, 1973).
Symes, Dr. R. F. and the staff of the Natural History Museum, London. Eyewitness Books: Rocks and Minerals (Dorling Kindersley Limited, 1988).
Wyler, Rose. Secrets in Stones (Four Winds Press, 1971).


Other Rock and Mineral Internet Sources:

Bob's Rockshop -- no money allowed, Bob offers photos and definitions of different minerals.
Finding Fossils provided by Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta Canada
Maz on Creek Fossils provided by the Illinois State Museum
Hunterian Museum in England
WebSurfer's Biweekly Earth Sciences Review

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