The Pocket Reference Guide Rocks & Minerals is an ideal compact identification guide to the rocks, minerals and crystals found in the country, on hillsides, in national parks, on old mine tips, in back gardens and in the stone buildings of Europe. An easy-to-follow system of colour-coded bands and symbols designating type of rock and hardness of mineral leads rapidly and easily to the correct section of the book. Detailed full-colour illustrations and a concise, informative text that includes details of the principal European locations allow you to identify accurately the most common rocks and minerals of Europe.