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A book for those natural collectors out there - posted from Turtle Creek, PA
"Rhoda's Rock Hunt" is a short fiction picture book of a little girl collecting different types of rocks she finds on a hike.
How to identify Rocks - posted from Dhahran, Eastern Province
The Rock Cycle may be of interest to your child.
This diagram shows the different kinds of rocks and how they are formed:
http://www.wendlingquarries.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/how-to-identify-rocks_Page_05-680x880.jpg\
This video explains the Rock Cycle, using a jelly bean experiment to show how the various types of rocks are formed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm6cCg_Do6k
The Rock Key on this page acts as a clickable flow chart to determine your rock type.
http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/id/rock_key.htm
This page can help you identify the minerals within your rock:
http://geology.about.com/od/mineral_ident/ss/beginminident.htm#showall
(The acid test could be particularly fun.)