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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® Siltstone
Supplier: Avantor
Gray to brown mudstone with abundant silt.
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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.
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Ward's® Andesite (Porphyry)
Supplier: Avantor
Gray andesite with large, blocky hornblende phenocrysts.
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Ward's® Sandstone (White)
Supplier: Avantor
Well-cemented, medium-grained orthoquartzite.
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Ward's® Sandstone (Siliceous)
Supplier: Avantor
Gray, fine to medium-grained “Berea grit”.
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Ward's® Gabbro (Hornblende)
Supplier: Avantor
Dark gray, with hornblende as the dominant mafic mineral.
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Ward's® Shale (Argillaceous)
Supplier: Avantor
Typical green-gray, fissile, clay-rich.
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Ward's® Conglomerate (Quartz)
Supplier: Avantor
Small, rounded pebbles and tightly cemented granules.
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Ward's® Limestone (Oolitic)
Supplier: Avantor
Gray to buff, with numerous ooliths and fossil fragments.
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Shale (Carbonaceous)
Supplier: Avantor
Black, fissile; commonly with carbonized fossil plant impressions.
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Ward's® Shale (Oil)
Supplier: Avantor
Brownish gray, kerogen-rich; commercial oil source.
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Ward's® Arkose
Supplier: Avantor
Red-brown to gray, coarse-grained, containing feldspar and mica.
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Ward's® Pegmatite
Supplier: Avantor
Classic, very coarse-grained igneous texture.
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Ward's® Diorite
Supplier: Avantor
Coarse, “salt and pepper”: dark pyroxene and light andesine.
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Ward's® Coal (Bituminous)
Supplier: Avantor
Black, soft; most widely mined.
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Ward's® Sandstone (Banded)
Supplier: Avantor
Red, medium, to coarse-grained iron oxide cement; shows hematite bands.
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Ward's® Quartzite (Kyanite)
Supplier: Avantor
When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.
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North American Rock Collection
Supplier: Geoscience Industries
This collection with rock types and associations with the North American continent contains 100 specimens with each group represented: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. Specimens are approximately 1"" x 1"", number-coded in compartmented container.
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Premium Rock Collection
Supplier: Geoscience Industries
The Premium Rock Collection features 12 palm-sized specimens representing all three rock types: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary.
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Ward's® Stretch Pebble Conglomerate
Supplier: Avantor
Ward's® Stretch Pebble Conglomerate
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Ward's® Cross-bedded Sandstone
Supplier: Avantor
Ward's® Cross-bedded Sandstone
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Ward's® Introductory Rock Collection
Supplier: Avantor
Ideal for Beginning Earth Science Students
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Supplier: Thermo Fisher Scientific
170,20 $