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.
Shale (Carbonaceous)
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Black, fissile; commonly with carbonized fossil plant impressions.
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[NA_SciEd] Ward's® Sandstone (Red)
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[NA_SciEd] Ward's® Sandstone (Red)
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Ward's® Intro to Petrography Thin Sections and Rock Set
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Set of Nine Thin Sections and Matching Rocks
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Ward's® Rock Thin Section
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Use these thin-section slides with a polarizing microscope to view rock specimens in detail. Includes: biotite granite, olivine basalt, red sandstone, encrinal limestone, mica schist, augen gneiss, storage box and identification guide.
Note: collections are subject to change depending upon availability of individual items. Set of six.
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GEO-logic Metamorphic Rocks Thin Section Topic Set
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Examine the Mineral Composition of Metamorphic Rocks.
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Ward's® Mineral Thin Sections Set
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Forty mineral thin sections for Petrography Studies
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Ward's® Limestone (Travertine)
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Earthy, porous calcareous tufa.
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Igneous Rocks Topic Set
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Study the Formation of Different Igneous Rocks
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Ward's® Introductory Rock Collection
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Ideal for Beginning Earth Science Students
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Ward's® Basalt (Vesicular)
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Dark gray with abundant gas pocket vesicles.
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Ward's® Sedimentary Rock Collection
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Represents a Wide Range of Depositional Environments and Rock Textures
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Ward's® Peridotite (Coarse-Grained)
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Dark gray, composed mostly of pyroxene and olivine.
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Limestone (Coquina)
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Buff-colored, coarse, detrital limestone, with cemented shell fragments.
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Quartzite
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Fightly cemented, medium-to-coarse quartz grains.
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