The Mineral Book by David McQueen

The Mineral Book by David McQueen ISBN-13: 9780890518021 Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: New Leaf Released: December 19th 2014

Source: Bought.

Book Description from back of book:
The Mineral Book is a part of the best-selling Wonders of Creation Series! It has been developed for multi-level teaching, with special color-coding on three skill levels. This educational resource is filled with full-color pictures and illustrations, and can be used in the classroom, for independent study, or homeschool settings.

Created to make mineralogy accessible to beginners, students, and hobbyists as well as learn about the order and beauty of minerals shaped by the Creator and find out the properties of minerals, where they can be found, and how they are used, along with fun facts. Includes a 24-inch, full-color pull-out poster!

Minerals are a gift of God’s grace. Every day we touch them, seeing the diamond in an engagement ring or a copper chain with a cross on it. Minerals are touched on in video games like Minecraft® and Mineral ValleyTM, making them more a part of our daily experience.

Salt, one vital mineral, helps maintain the fluid in our blood cells and is used to transmit information in our nerves and muscles. Also, Jesus told his followers that we are the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13), something thus needed for health and flavor. Here is a God-honoring book that reveals the first mention of minerals in the Bible, symbolic usages, their current values in culture and society, and their mention in heaven.


My Review:
The Mineral Book is an educational book about minerals aimed at homeschoolers. The authors write from a biblical (young earth creationist) viewpoint. The book has three levels of information for each chapter: a brief, basic introduction for young readers, a more advanced level with extended vocabulary, and an even more detailed level. The book started by talking about where we find minerals, both in the Bible and on the earth, and how we get and use minerals. The author then talked about what a mineral is, how to identify a mineral (including how to begin your own collection), mentions of minerals in the Bible, valuable minerals, and how geological creation research uses minerals to accurately date the world. There's a mineral identification guide at the end which included information like luster, specific gravity, color, hardness, streak, and crystal symmetry. There's also a periodic table of the elements and a poster. In each chapter, there were several minerals that were featured and included information like where it is found, what it is used for, fun facts, and mentions in the Bible. Overall, this is a interesting book even for adults and I think tween's and teens would really enjoy it.


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