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.
Ward's® Limestone (Shell)
Supplier: Avantor
Buff, coarse, crystalline “Austin Marble” with shell casts and molds.
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Ward's® Specimen Display Sets
Supplier: TREASURE CREEK MINERALS, LLC.
A variety of colorful collections to introduce rocks, minerals and fossils.
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Ward's® Igneous Rock Set of 18
Supplier: Avantor
Includes: six each of obsidian, pumice, and basalt. Set of 18.
Common rocks and minerals for testing and identification studies are 2–3cm each.
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Ward's® Introductory Mineral & Rock Thin Section Set
Supplier: Avantor
A Great Way to Begin Your Petrographic Studies
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Ward's® Dunite
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® Metamorphic Petro-Lab Set
Supplier: Avantor
Designed for Introductory College Petrography Labs.
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GEO-logic Sedimentary Rocks Thin Section Topic Set
Supplier: Avantor
Examine the Mineral Composition of Sedimentary Rocks
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Ripple Marks
Supplier: Avantor
Clearly preserved ripple marks in bedded sedimentary rock. Average slab size: 6 x 8".
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Igneous Rocks Topic Set
Supplier: Avantor
Study the Formation of Different Igneous Rocks
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Ward's® Introductory Rock Collection
Supplier: Avantor
Ideal for Beginning Earth Science Students
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Ward's® Basalt (Vesicular)
Supplier: Avantor
Dark gray with abundant gas pocket vesicles.
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Ward's® Sedimentary Rock Collection
Supplier: Avantor
Represents a Wide Range of Depositional Environments and Rock Textures
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Ward's® Peridotite (Coarse-Grained)
Supplier: Avantor
Dark gray, composed mostly of pyroxene and olivine.