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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® Oligoclase
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Feldspar group; white-to-gray cleavages of sodic plagioclase; some show twinning.
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Anorthoclase
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Feldspar group; greenish gray alkali feldspar, coarse crystalline, some iridescence.
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Calcite (Chalk)
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Classic, white chalk, massive; from Cliffs of Dover, England.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Fluorite
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Fluorite is Green Halide mineral with moh's hardness 4.
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Ward's® Topaz (Crystals)
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Gemmy, sherry-colored crystals and sections approximately 3/8– 1/2"
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Ward's Science Essentials® Pyrite
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Fools gold Brassy color which leaves a black streak.
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Ward's® Olivine (Coarse)
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Fresh Green forsterite, classic “twin sisters” dunite.
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Augite
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Pyroxene group; dark green, pure cleaved fragments.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Hornblende Schist
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Metamorphosed rock showing foliation and rich in hornblende.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Selenite
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Selenite is a Clear gypsum mineral with a moh's hardness of 2.
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Fracture Collection
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Demonstrates irregular breakage of minerals.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Limonite
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Earthy, yellow brown iron ore.
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Ward's® Caliche
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Hardened natural cement of calcium carbonate that binds other material such as gravel, sand, clay, and silt.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Hematite
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Hemalite is a Massive, dense red to gray, classic example of iron ore.
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Ward's® Mineral Research Grade Collection
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Ward's® highest quality and purest mineral offerings.
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Ward's® Coals, Set Of 4
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A classroom set that covers the major types of coal.
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Ward's® Science Essentials® Dolomite
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White to gray, medium to coarse-grained, crystalline.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Galena
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Galena is a light metallic gray cleavage of lead ore
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Ward's® Pleochroism Slide Thin Section
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Four mineral samples on one slide
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Ward's Science Essentials® Gypsum
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Massive sedimentary gypsum with a moh's hardness 2..
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Ward's® Muscovite (Cleavage)
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Mica group; cut sheets showing basal cleavages. Books and sheets in bulk pack.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Calcite
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Calcite is a translucent calcium carbonate mineral, mohs hardness 3.
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Crystal Form Topic Set
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Geometric Shapes and Structures of Crystalline Minerals.
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Ward's® Streak and Color Collection
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Clear examples of a key method of identification.
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Introductory Rock-Forming Mineral Collection
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Examples of the More Important Minerals Found in Rocks
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Ward's® Kaolin (Powdered)
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Pure kaolinite powder, 200 mesh.
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Ward's® Feldspar Thin Sections Set
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Great value for the microscopic study of Feldspar minerals.
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