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From Rock to Sand: The Life History of a Sand Grain

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Primal forces are at work in geologist Norm Lasca‘s re-creation of the dramatic story of the history of a grain of sand, most common of substances. He starts with pictures of beaches worldwide and then moves to a large diagram of the rock cycle, a reference point throughout as he examines each of the stages involved.

 

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