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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.
Ward's® Specimen Display Sets
Supplier: Avantor
A variety of colorful collections to introduce rocks, minerals and fossils.
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Ward's® Schist (Mica)
Supplier: Avantor
Foliated biotite, coarse, silvery gray with quartz-feldspar bands.
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Ward's® Scoria
Supplier: Avantor
Gray-to-brown basaltic, with over 50% vesicles.
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Apatite (Massive)
Supplier: Avantor
Blue fluorapatite, pure crystalline, Moh's hardness of 5.
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Ward's® Science Essentials® Andesite
Supplier: Avantor
Introduce your students to Gray Andesite with large phenocrysts of hornblende.
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GEO-logic Hardness Set
Supplier: Avantor
A Complete Kit to Communicate the Concept of Hardness in Minerals
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Ward's® Dolomite (Coarse)
Supplier: Avantor
White to gray, medium to coarse-grained, crystalline.
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Sandstone (Red)
Supplier: Avantor
Hematite-cemented quartz; orthoquartzite.
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Ward's® Sulfur (Massive)
Supplier: Avantor
Pure, bright yellow, Frasch sulfur.
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Ward's® Sandstone (Siliceous)
Supplier: Avantor
Gray, fine to medium-grained “Berea grit”.
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Ward's® Goethite
Supplier: Avantor
Iron oxide-hydroxide mineral; reddish brown to black color; crystal habit ranges from massive to acicular.
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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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Fresh Frozen Dissection Specimens (No Chemicals)
Supplier: VWR International
Fresh frozen (unpreserved) dissection specimens shipped in coolers of ice directly to your classroom.
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Calcite (Iceland Spar)
Supplier: Avantor
Clear rhombs showing double refraction.
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Ward's® Obsidian (Brown and Black)
Supplier: Avantor
Banded volcanic glass.
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Wards® Metamorphic Rock Collection
Supplier: Avantor
Perfect for Introductory Lessons on Metamorphic Rocks.
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Geo-logic Igneous Rock Set
Supplier: Avantor
Study the Formation of Different Igneous Rocks
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Ward's® Six-Phyla Animal Survey Set
Supplier: Avantor
Formalin preserved. Available in pails.
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Ward's® Siltstone
Supplier: Avantor
Gray to brown mudstone with abundant silt.
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Crayfish Anatomy Museum Mount
Supplier: Avantor
Large specimen reveals detailed features.
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Vital-stained Live Specimen Sets
Supplier: Avantor
Sets of aquatic specimens, stained for easy viewing
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Ward's® Hornfels
Supplier: Avantor
Gray, fine-grained, massive contact rock.
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Ward's® Limestone (Oolitic)
Supplier: Avantor
Gray to buff, with numerous ooliths and fossil fragments.
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Ward's® Obsidian
Supplier: Avantor
Shiny black volcanic glass showing conchoidal fracture and some spherulites.
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Ward's® Coal (Lignite)
Supplier: Avantor
Brownish black, intermediate stage between peat and bituminous coal.
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Quartzite
Supplier: Avantor
Fightly cemented, medium-to-coarse quartz grains.
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Ward's® Shale (Argillaceous)
Supplier: Avantor
Typical green-gray, fissile, clay-rich.
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Ward's® Skarn
Supplier: Avantor
White, very dark green, and very dark red to light red granoblastic intergrowth of wollastonite, diopside, and andradite.