Author: Julie Kerr Casper
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438105592
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Minerals, metals, and elements are critical to society. This volume examines how minerals form and why they occur where they do. It focuses on civilization's fascination with these valuable commodities, and looks at mining and its development, as well as mineral resources found deep in the oceans.