Igneous rocks are examined by their tectonic setting and metamorphic ... The appendix includes a very useful review of mineralogy. I have used the first edition and look forward to using the second!' ...

Looking at an igneous rock, such as the granite along Stockton Hill Road at milepost 10, you’ll see a variety of minerals.

Marble is a metamorphic rock, it is highly decorative and used for statues. Igneous rocks are formed from molten (liquid) rock that has cooled and solidified. The inside of the Earth is so hot ...

The book is comprehensive in its coverage of the processes involved in the petrogenesis of igneous and metamorphic rocks and the implications of these ... student mastery and allowing for the text to ...