the people who study how these rocks form take it at least one step further and that is looking at rocks under the microscope. However, this isn't your garden variety "make everything bigger" ...

Reviewed Work: A Handbook of Rocks, for Use Without the Microscope with a Glossary of Names of Rocks and Other Lithological Terms by J. F. Kemp Review by: W. S. B.

To many people, a rock is just a rock. If anyone has been house shopping, you know how realtors will mention that the countertops are "granite" and you might wonder why, from house to house, they ...