Rock Specimens
Rock specimens are useful for studying textures, grain sizes, and other features altered by pressure, temperature, and other natural forces. Different select categories of rock specimens are available for purchase as well, including metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks. Sets of rock specimens are housed in compartmentalized collection boxes, with descriptions of each specimen printed for easy confirmation of identification. These rock specimens are carefully selected to be the highest quality to provide students with a suitable introduction to earth materials and their characteristics.
Metamorphic Rock Set of 18
Supplier: Avantor
Includes: six each of marble, slate, and quartzite. Set of 18.
Common rocks and minerals for testing and identification studies are 2–3cm each.
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Ward's® Conglomerate (Quartz)
Supplier: Avantor
Small, rounded pebbles and tightly cemented granules.
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Ward's® Gneiss (Pink Banded)
Supplier: Avantor
Pink and gray bands, with biotite; shows good foliation.
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Ward's® Introductory Mineral and Rock Collection
Supplier: Avantor
Examples of the most basic rocks and rock-forming minerals.
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Ward's® GEO-Logic Types of Fossilization Topic Set
Supplier: Avantor
Define and compare ways organisms have been preserved.
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Ward's® Igneous Rock Collection
Supplier: Avantor
Samples of Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous Rocks
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Ward's® Andesite (Porphyry)
Supplier: Avantor
Gray andesite with phenocrysts of felspar and/or hornblende.
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Ward's® Gneiss (Gray Banded)
Supplier: Avantor
White and black bands of quartz, feldspar, and biotite; typical foliation.
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Shale (Carbonaceous)
Supplier: Avantor
Black, fissile; commonly with carbonized fossil plant impressions.
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[NA_SciEd] Ward's® Sandstone (Red)
Supplier: Avantor
[NA_SciEd] Ward's® Sandstone (Red)
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Ward's® Shale (Oil)
Supplier: Avantor
Brownish gray, kerogen-rich; commercial oil source.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Sedimentary Rocks Collection
Supplier: Avantor
Introduce your students to rocks formed from deposition of sediment.
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