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Mineral specimens are cut in a variety of sizes to meet various user needs, with common uses including identification on the part of students, displays to be used during lectures and demonstrations, or as chips for convenient physical identification tests in labs. These mineral specimens also demonstrate a number of classic geological features, such as cleavage, and collections of minerals can be used to test the Mohs hardness of other minerals and compare them.
Ward's® Hornblende Syenite
Supplier: Avantor
When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.
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Ward's® Bituminous Shale
Supplier: Avantor
When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.
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Ward's® Coarse Marble
Supplier: Avantor
When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.
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Ward's® Pink Quartzite
Supplier: Avantor
When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.
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Ward's® Sericite Schist
Supplier: Avantor
When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.
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Ward's® Graphitic Marble
Supplier: Avantor
When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.
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Ward's® Sillimanite Gneiss
Supplier: Avantor
When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.
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Calcite (Cleavage)
Supplier: Avantor
Pure translucent to white, rhombic cleavages, Mohs’ hardness of 3.
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Ward's® Fluorite (Cleavage)
Supplier: Avantor
Pure, large, transparent-to-translucent cleavages, Mohs’ hardness of 4.
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Ward's® Hematite (Red Ochre)
Supplier: Avantor
Red, earthy, in natural chunk form; common pigment ore.
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Fluorite (Fluorescent)
Supplier: Avantor
Brown, fluorescent crystals intergrown in dolomite rock.
WARD’S offers four different specimen sizes to meet your various needs:
Student Specimens. Ideal for students to use for study and identification. Specimens range in size from 1" x 1" to 1" x 2" and come in packages of ten.
Hand Specimens. Great for lectures, demonstrations, and display. Specimens range in size from 2" x 3" to 3" x 4", and each comes in a labeled plastic tray.
Bulk Pack. Several of the smaller pieces are suitable for classroom study, while the larger specimens in the one kilogram pack can be cut to sizes that meet your specific needs. The number and size of pieces will vary.
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Anorthite
Supplier: Avantor
Feldspar group; calcium end member plagioclase crystals in pyroxene matrix.
WARD'S offers three different specimen sizes to meet your various needs:
Student Specimens. Ideal for students to use for study and identification. Specimens range in size from 1×1" to 1×2" and come in packages of ten.
Hand Specimens. Great for lectures, demonstrations, and display. Specimens range in size from 2×3" to 3×4", and each comes in a labeled plastic tray.
Bulk Pack. Several of the smaller pieces are suitable for classroom study, while the larger specimens in the one kilogram pack can be cut to sizes that meet your specific needs. The number and size of pieces will vary.
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Ward's® Citrine Quartz
Supplier: Avantor
Yellow to orange crystal with a glassy luster and smooth, often transparent appearance.
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Azurite
Supplier: Avantor
Bright blue crystalline veins and coatings in a matrix of mixed copper ore.
WARD’S offers four different specimen sizes to meet your various needs:
Student Specimens. Ideal for students to use for study and identification. Specimens range in size from 1" x 1" to 1" x 2" and come in packages of ten.
Hand Specimens. Great for lectures, demonstrations, and display. Specimens range in size from 2" x 3" to 3" x 4", and each comes in a labeled plastic tray.
Bulk Pack. Several of the smaller pieces are suitable for classroom study, while the larger specimens in the one kilogram pack can be cut to sizes that meet your specific needs. The number and size of pieces will vary.
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Premium Mineral Collection
Supplier: Geoscience Industries
Premium introductory collection features 12 palm-sized specimens that depict the variety of colors and forms found in minerals. Each specimen is numbered and keyed to an ID sheet featuring additional data about each item. Includes an information booklet and a magnifier.
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Short and Long Wave Fluorescent Minerals Set
Supplier: Geoscience Industries
Brilliant, colorful display of short and long wave fluorescent minerals will seize your students’ attention. Set contains six specimens, each 1" x 1" average size, stored in a partitioned box with key sheet.
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Short Wave Fluorescent Minerals Set
Supplier: Geoscience Industries
Demonstrate the vivid contrasting colors of fifteen specimens when illuminated under shortwave ultraviolet light. Some specimens are also long wave reactive. Specimen average size: 1" x 1". Comes in compartmented box with key sheet.
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Advanced Earth Science Collection
Supplier: Geoscience Industries
The Advanced Earth Science Collection features a large, detailed collection of specimens to provide a better understanding of earth’s composition.
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Natural Crystal Collection
Supplier: SCOTT RESOURCES 2, LLC SE
Identify all six crystal systems (cubic, tetragonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, triclinic and hexagonal) with the 15 representative specimens of natural crystals included in this collection. In compartmented box with key sheet listing the locality and crystal form of each specimen.
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Very High Resolution Gold (< 2nm - 30 nm) on Carbon Test, Electron Microscopy Sciences
Supplier: Electron Microscopy Sciences
For very high resolution performance testing this specimen has a smaller gold particle size ranging from 2 to 30 nm as compared to the high resolution test above. Ideal for testing at instrument magnifications of 50000x and above.
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Slab Easels
Supplier: JULE-ART INC.
Safely prop up flat specimens such as agate or fossils in a thin matrix. The smaller easel supports slabs up to 1/4" thick, the larger easel easily accommodates thicker slabs and crystal plates.
Slab Easel Size: 3"L x 2 1/2"W x 2 1/4"H. Package of four.
Thick Slab Easel Size: 2 1/2"L x 2 1/4"W x 2 3/4"H. Package of four.
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Ward's® Gypsum (Satin Spar)
Supplier: Avantor
White, fibrous, silky luster.
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Ward's® Hornblende (Cleavage)
Supplier: Avantor
Amphibole group; dark greenish black cleavages, somewhat columnar.
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Ward's® Labradorite (Cleavage)
Supplier: Avantor
Feldspar group; good cleavages of pure soda lime feldspar; most show twinning and labradorescence.
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Ward's® Pink Crystalline Halite
Supplier: Avantor
Himalayan mineral great for teaching and display.
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Ward's® Gypsum (Selenite)
Supplier: Avantor
Clear, pure cleavages, Mohs’ hardness of 2.
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Ward's® Diopside
Supplier: Avantor
Pyroxene group; gray-green, coarse crystalline.
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Ward's® Chalcopyrite
Supplier: Avantor
Good grade, brass-yellow copper ore, massive.
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Supplier: VWR International
Supplier: VWR International
Supplier: VWR International
Supplier: VWR International
Supplier: VWR International
Supplier: VWR International
Supplier: BDH
Supplier: VWR International
Supplier: VWR International
Supplier: VWR International