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32 pages : colour illustrations Contents include: Igneous rocks -- Rocks from beneath -- Birth of gemstones -- Surfacing rocks -- Violent volcanoes! -- Explosive rocks -- Igneous world -- Getting igneous rocks -- Tough rocks -- Versatile volcanics -- Living volcanoes -- Incredible igneous -- Rock your world!
Summary: This book looks at igneous rock, one of the three main rock types. It explores how it is formed through the cooling and solidification of fiery orange magma or lava that explodes from volcanoes. This book covers important Earth science concepts and the different kinds of igneous rocks, how identify them by their physical properties, and what clues they offer about our planet's past Earth rocks