Sandatlas

The Earth is home but we are often unfamiliar with it. Sandatlas is a fun website that describes the rocks around us. Created by an Estonian PhD student, it helps the user find descriptions and explanations of various igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. While the purpose of this site is educational, the images are beautiful and fascinating. Each section is followed by a bibliography.

Clicking on the link to study igneous rocks and minerals, the user finds an explanation that can be scanned for the interested novice or used by the more serious scholar to understand how they are classified...