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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.

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.


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Ward's® Andesite (Porphyry)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Gray andesite with large, blocky hornblende phenocrysts.

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Ward's® Gneiss (Gray Banded)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: White and black bands of quartz, feldspar, and biotite; typical foliation.

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Shale (Carbonaceous)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Black, fissile; commonly with carbonized fossil plant impressions.

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GEO-logic Metamorphic Rocks Thin Section Topic Set

Catalog Number: (470025-358)
Supplier: Avantor
Description: Examine the Mineral Composition of Metamorphic Rocks.
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Geo-logic Metamorphic Rock Set

Catalog Number: (470025-352)
Supplier: Avantor
Description: Altered Igneous and Sedimentary Rocks are Clearly Represented
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Slate (Dark Gray)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Chlorite-mica with perfect slaty cleavage.

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Ward's® Shale (Oil)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Brownish gray, kerogen-rich; commercial oil source.

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Ward's® Sandstone (Banded)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Red, medium, to coarse-grained iron oxide cement; shows hematite bands.

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Ward's® Coal (Peat)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Compact Plant Fiber Masses.

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Ward's® Intro to Petrography Thin Sections and Rock Set

Catalog Number: (470024-962)
Supplier: Avantor
Description: Set of Nine Thin Sections and Matching Rocks
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Ward's® Igneous Rock Collection

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Samples of Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous Rocks

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Ward's® Limestone (Chalk)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Light gray, earthy.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Sedimentary Rocks Collection

Catalog Number: (470226-464)
Supplier: Avantor
Description: Introduce your students to rocks formed from deposition of sediment.
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Ward's® Science Essentials® Andesite

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Introduce your students to Gray Andesite with large phenocrysts of hornblende.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Pumice

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Pumice is light colored glassy rock that floats in water.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Granite

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Porphyritic igneous rock containing biotite, feldspar, and hornblende.

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