Specimens
Specimens are available for use in a wide variety of organic and inorganic testing procedures. Organic samples can be utilized for dissection purposes or studying whole preserved or life specimens, with practical examples in cellular biology or the internal structures of whole organs and complex multicellular systems. Rock specimens are useful for studying textures, grain sizes, and other features brought about by pressure, temperature, and other natural forces, offering a glimpse into the Earth’s geological history.
Calcite (Chalk)
Supplier: Avantor
Classic, white chalk, massive; from Cliffs of Dover, England.
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Ward's® Zircon
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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Corundum (Sapphire)
Supplier: ADAM MOORE MO
Beautiful, blue, hexagonal, sapphire crystals. Average size: 3/8". Madagascar.
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Common Rock Collection
Supplier: Avantor
An introductory rock set contains six samples from each of the three major rock types.
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Conifer Cones
Supplier: Avantor
Conifers come in all shapes and sizes — and so do their cones.
Includes: 6 pine cones, 6 spruce cones and 6 cedar cones.
*Pine cone factoid: Pine cones can forecast the weather! In dry weather, the scales dry up and open out. If they start to close up, wet weather is coming!
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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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Perisphinctes sp.
Supplier: Avantor
Matching halves showing calcified chambers.
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Mica Set
Supplier: Avantor
Specially selected thin sections of important rock forming minerals. Set may contain more than one example of the same mineral to depict variations in occurrence and distinct mineral associations.
Slides (12); annite, biotite, clinochlore, fuschite, glauconite, lepidolite, margarite, muscovite, paragonite, phlogopite, sericite, zinnwaldite.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Hornblende Schist
Supplier: Avantor
Metamorphosed rock showing foliation and rich in hornblende.
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Ward's® Microcline (Pink)
Supplier: Avantor
Feldspar group; pink cleavages showing perthitic texture, common potassium feldspar, Mohs’ hardness of 6.
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Ward's® Quartz (Milky)
Supplier: Avantor
White, massive, coarse crystalline vein, Mohs’ hardness of 7.
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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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Ward's® Igneous Rock Collection
Supplier: Avantor
Samples of Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous Rocks