New PDF release: What's So Great About Granite? (What's So Cool About

By Jennifer Carey,Marli Miller

no matter if they don’t comprehend a lot approximately rocks, most folks can identify no less than one position they've got encountered granite. As a rock, granite is speckled, sparkly, and lovely, and it’s utilized in items we come across each day, together with counter tops, headstones, and floor. within the flora and fauna granite kinds random boulders in fields and lots of of the planet’s loftiest peaks. Granite is everywhere—from Georgia to Alaska and Maine to California—most states have someplace so that you can visit realize granite. Now, with a brand new e-book from Mountain Press, What’s So nice approximately Granite? all people can study extra approximately this enigmatic stone.

What’s So nice approximately Granite? uncovers a geologic tale approximately magmas and the hidden methods at paintings contained in the earth. through learning granite, geologists can detect how continents shaped and what's taking place deep underneath today’s volcanoes. Written with the non-geologist in brain, What’s So nice approximately Granite? will let you know how granite used to be shaped, how outdated a granitic rock is, and the place you could visit locate granite.

Written with vigorous and lucid prose and illustrated with crisp, beautiful images and informative figures, What’s So nice approximately Granite? is a must have for somebody drawn to one of many world’s such a lot interesting rocks.

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