Recommended Texts

National Audubon Society, Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals (An essential book to have. You don't necessarily have to get this one, most guides are very extensive and good.)

Rocks & Minerals by Quick Study Academic (This is a laminated folding reference for rocks and minerals. Its great for checking quick facts and for carrying around.)

Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, Eighth Edition by Tarbuck and Lutgens (This is a first semester geology book. I recommended this if your interested in learning more about geology in general.)

American Geological Institute National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, Seventh Edition. (This is a great lab manual to accompany the text book above. It includes not only excellent information but also interactive exercises to teach the basics as well as very detailed charts.)

Petrology: The study of Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic Rocks by Loren A. Raymond (I recommended this only if you have some background knowledge of geology, its a bit more advanced then the other two textbooks listed on this site. It is very extensive and the charts in the back are extremely useful.)

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