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The atlas · Down through the planet

Rocks and minerals

What the ground is made of, and what it records.

1 written · 9 in outline · 4 sections

What is a mineral?A guide to mineralsIgneous rocksThe rock cycleReading the rocksBritain’s rocksSedimentary rocksMetamorphic rocksCrystalsThe elements of the Earth
Written Outline, being written · schematic, not to scale

The rock cycle

  1. The rock cycleLesson · outline
  2. Reading the rocksLesson

The three families

  1. Igneous rocksEncyclopaedia · outline
  2. Sedimentary rocksEncyclopaedia · outline
  3. Metamorphic rocksEncyclopaedia · outline

Minerals and crystals

  1. What is a mineral?Lesson · outline
  2. CrystalsLesson · outline
  3. A guide to mineralsEncyclopaedia · outline

What the Earth is made of

  1. The elements of the EarthReference · outline
  2. Britain’s rocksExplorer · outline