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 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® Chert
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Chert is a microcrystalline, hard, silica mineral.
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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 Science Essentials® Bituminous Shale
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Bituminous rich black shale for hands-on investigations.
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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® Gray Slate
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Gray metamorphosed shale showing "slaty cleavage".
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Washington School Collection
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A comprehensive classroom survey set of minerals and rocks.
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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® GEO-Logic Rock & Thin Section Bundle
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Save Over $100 on This Complete Petrology Teaching Package!
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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® Obsidian
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Obsidian is hard black colored, volcanic glass.
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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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Physical Geology Reference Set
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Teacher’s Master Set for Use with Student GEO-logic® Physical Geology Sets
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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® Sedimentary Petro-Lab Set
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Designed for Introductory College Petrography Labs
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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® 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 Science Essentials® Igneous Rocks Collection
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Introduce your students to rocks formed from the cooling of magma and lava.
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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® Microcline
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Pink feldspar mineral with a moh's hardness 6.
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Canadian Rock and Mineral Collection
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Comprehensive set of rocks and minerals highlighting the economic resources of Canada.
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Ward's® Know Your Minerals and Rocks Collection
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Everything Students Need to Work Independently to Identify Rocks and Minerals
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Pocket Hardness Points Set
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Students determine a mineral's hardness between five and 10 on Mohs' scale.
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Sedimentary Rock Set of 18
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Includes: six each of conglomerate, sandstone and shale. Set of 18.
Common rocks and minerals for testing and identification studies are 2–3cm each.
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