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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® Introductory Mineral & Rock Thin Section Set
Supplier: Avantor
A Great Way to Begin Your Petrographic Studies
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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® Conglomerate (Quartz)
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Small, rounded pebbles and tightly cemented granules.
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Ward's® Gneiss (Pink Banded)
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Pink and gray bands, with biotite; shows good foliation.
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Ward's® Phyllite
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Light grayish green, fine-grained, well-foliated, schistose.
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Ward's® Introductory Mineral and Rock Collection
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Examples of the most basic rocks and rock-forming minerals.
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Ward's® Sedimentary Petro-Lab Set
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Designed for Introductory College Petrography Labs
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Ward's Science Essentials® Rhyolite
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Rhyolite is a pale, pink felsic rock with lower density than most igneous rocks.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Breccia
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Breccia is a sedimentary rock made up of angular rock fragments.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Muscovite
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Muscovite is a mica mineral cut to demonstrate basal cleavage.
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Ward's® White Marble
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Gray to white metamorphosed carbonate rock.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Bituminous Shale
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Bituminous rich black shale for hands-on investigations.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Pink Marble
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Pink/grey marble colored metamorphosed carbonate rock.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Diorite
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Diorite is a mix of dark pyroxene and light andesine provides perfect representation of an intermediate igneous rock.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Pyroxenite
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Pyroxenite is ultramafic igneous rock made up of primarily pyroxene minerals.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Obsidian
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Obsidian is hard black colored, volcanic glass.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Pink Gneiss
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Pink Gneiss is foliated pink and black bands of biotite.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Coquina
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Coquina is variety of limestone made up of shell fragments.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Gray Slate
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Gray metamorphosed shale showing "slaty cleavage".
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Ward's Science Essentials® Microcline
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Pink feldspar mineral with a moh's hardness 6.
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Ward's® Metamorphic Petro-Lab Set
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Designed for Introductory College Petrography Labs.
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Ward's® Igneous Petro-Lab Set
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Designed for Introductory College Petrography Labs
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Ward's® Fulgurite
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Unusual glassy tubes of fused sand produced by lightning strikes in desert sediments. Average size: 1.5"- 2".
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Sargent Welch Igneous Rock Collection
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This kit introduces students to igneous rocks.
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Limestone Chips
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4 pounds of limestone chips supplied in a box.
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Metamorphic Rock Set of 18
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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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Common Rock Collection
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An introductory rock set contains six samples from each of the three major rock types.
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Ward's® Mantle Xenolith
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Glossy green dunite (olivine) inclusion in non-genetically related basalt. Average size: 3" x 4".