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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® Limestone (Gray)
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Fine, common limestone; massive.
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Ward's® Amphibolite
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Dark, coarse-grained, and composed chiefly of hornblende.
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Ward's® Basalt (Flood)
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Classic, dark; from the Columbia Plateau.
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Ward's® Andesite (Hornblende)
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Abundant small black phenocrysts in a gray to brown matrix.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Shale
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Shale is a rich, gray fissile clay rock.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Scoria
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Scoria is a dark-colored rock formed from lava with a high gas content.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Gabbro
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Gabbro is Mafic igneous rock formed deep underground consisting of olivine and pyroxene.
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Sargent Welch Sedimentary Rock Collection
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The Sedimentary Rock Collection introduces students to sedimentary rocks.
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Ward's® Gabbro
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Coarse-grained plagioclase and pyroxene with some olivine.
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Ward's® Limestone (Shell)
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Buff, coarse, crystalline “Austin Marble” with shell casts and molds.
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Ward's® Serpentinite
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Dark-green “verde antique”, containing some chlorite and calcite.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Phyllite
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Phyllite is a light-gray foliated rock formed from metamorphosed slate.
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Mineral and Rock Identification Collection #1
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Previously Known as Ohio State University Mineral and Rock Set
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Ward's Science Essentials® Pumice
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Pumice is light colored glassy rock that floats in water.
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Ward's® Science Essentials® Pegmatite
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Pegmatite is igneous rock similar to granite but with larger crystals.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Red Slate
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Slaty metamorphic rock containing hematite giving it its red color.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Granite
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Porphyritic igneous rock containing biotite, feldspar, and hornblende.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Conglomerate
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Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock made up rounded quartz pebbles.
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Ward's® Mineral and Rock Identification Collection
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Previously known as the syracuse university mineral and rock set.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Metamorphic Rocks Collection
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Introduce your students to rocks formed metamorphism of other 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® Phyllite
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Light grayish green, fine-grained, well-foliated, schistose.
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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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Geo-logic Metamorphic Rock Set
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Altered Igneous and Sedimentary Rocks are Clearly Represented
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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® Sedimentary Rocks Collection
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Introduce your students to rocks formed from deposition of sediment.
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Geo-logic Sedimentary Rock Set
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Indicative of Various Sedimentary Formation Processes
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Ward's Science Essentials® Soapstone
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Soapstone is a talc-schist primarily composed of talc.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Chert
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Chert is a microcrystalline, hard, silica mineral.
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