ROCKS AND MINERALS
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I. A Few of My Favorite Topics A. “The Rocks and Minerals of Joshua Tree National Park” with Bruce W. Bridenbecker II. Useful World Wide Web Sites A. Cryptobiotic Crusts” at http://www.mineralarts.com/artwork/cryptos.html (accessed 17 March 2008) B. “Joshua Tree National Park—Geologic Formations (USPS) at http://www.nps.gov/jotr/naturescience/geologicformations.htm (accessed 17 March 2008) C. “Earth’s Internal Structure” at http://geology.com/nsta/earth-internal-structure.shtml (accessed 17 March 2008) D. “What is a Mineral?” at http://webmineral.com/Mineral_Definition.shtml (accessed 17 March 2008) E. “Dating Tin Cans—IMAC User’s Guide” at http://www.anthro.utah.edu/IMACs/471-TinCans.pdf (accessed 17 March 2008) F. “Tafoni, Cavernous Weathering” at http://geology.about.com/library/bl/images/bltafoni.htm (accessed 17 March 2008) G. “Mohs Scale of Hardness” at http://www.amfed.org/t_mohs.htm (accessed 17 March 2008) H. “Eight Common Metamorphic Rocks—including slate, schist, gneiss, marble, quartzite, and serpentine” at http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/GLG101/GLG101-metamorphic-rocks.htm (accessed 17 March 2008) I. “Rock Piles in Joshua Tree” at http://digital-desert.com/joshua-tree-national-park/rockpiles.html (accessed 18 March 2008) J. “Joshua Tree NP: Rock Piles” at http://www.nps.gov/archive/jotr/nature/features/geology/rockpiles/rocks.html (accessed 18 March 2008) K. “Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks: How do Rocks Undergo Change” at http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page01.cfm (accessed 18 March 2008). L. “Minerals” at http://www.fossilwalks.com/dartmoortors1/minerals.htm (accessed 18 March 2008). WARNING: Typos and factual errors about quartz, but still useful. M. “Introduction to the Cyanobacteria: Architects of Earth‘s Atmosphere” at http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/cyanointro.html (accessed 8 April 2008) Created: 24 May 2008; revised, 27 October 2010. |