New Zealand minerals and rocks for beginners (printed copy)

Forsyth, P.J.; Aitken, J.J. 1995 New Zealand minerals and rocks for beginners. Lower Hutt: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences information series 36 45 p.

Abstract: This book, which is mainly aimed at young people, explains the formation of rocks and looks at different kinds of rocks in New Zealand: igneous rocks, volcanic rocks, plutonic rocks, sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks. The authors talk about rock-forming minerals and the mineral resources of New Zealand. (EB)