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Rock Specimens

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® Introductory Rock Collection

Ward's® Introductory Rock Collection

Supplier: Avantor

Ideal for Beginning Earth Science Students

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Ward's Science Essentials® Phyllite

Ward's Science Essentials® Phyllite

Supplier: Avantor

Phyllite is a light-gray foliated rock formed from metamorphosed slate.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Sysenite

Ward's Science Essentials® Sysenite

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Syenite a light-colored rock consisting of feldspars and hornblende.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Gray Gneiss

Ward's Science Essentials® Gray Gneiss

Supplier: Avantor

High grade metamorphosed rock showing bands of quartz, feldspar, and biotite.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Quartzite

Ward's Science Essentials® Quartzite

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Quartzite is hard, non-foliated rock formed from metamorphosed quartz sandstones.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Red Slate

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® Ventifact

Ward's® Ventifact

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Ward's® Ventifact

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Ward's Science Essentials® Siltstone

Ward's Science Essentials® Siltstone

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Gray to tan clastic rock made of silt sized particles.

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Ward's® Science Essentials® Anorthosite

Ward's® Science Essentials® Anorthosite

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Anorthosite is an intrusive, igneous rock consisting of predominantly plagioclase feldspar.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Shale

Ward's Science Essentials® Shale

Supplier: Avantor

Shale is a rich, gray fissile clay rock.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Muscovite

Ward's Science Essentials® Muscovite

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Muscovite is a mica mineral cut to demonstrate basal cleavage.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Pink Gneiss

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® Gabbro

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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Metamorphic Rock Collection

Supplier: Avantor

Perfect for introductory lessons on metamorphic rocks.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Tufa

Ward's Science Essentials® Tufa

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Carbonate rock formed by the precipitation from water.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Sandstone

Ward's Science Essentials® Sandstone

Supplier: Avantor

Red clastic rock composed of sand sized particles and hematite.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Dolostone

Ward's Science Essentials® Dolostone

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Dolostone is a chemical sedimentary rock consisting of magnesium and calcium

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Ward's Science Essentials® Scoria

Ward's Science Essentials® Scoria

Supplier: Avantor

Scoria is a dark-colored rock formed from lava with a high gas content.

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Ward's® Introductory Mineral and Rock Collection

Ward's® Introductory Mineral and Rock Collection

Supplier: Avantor

Examples of the most basic rocks and rock-forming minerals.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Soapstone

Ward's Science Essentials® Soapstone

Supplier: Avantor

Soapstone is a talc-schist primarily composed of talc.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Breccia

Ward's Science Essentials® Breccia

Supplier: Avantor

Breccia is a sedimentary rock made up of angular rock fragments.

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Ward's® White Marble

Ward's® White Marble

Supplier: Avantor

Gray to white metamorphosed carbonate rock.

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Ward's® Science Essentials® Pegmatite

Ward's® Science Essentials® Pegmatite

Supplier: Avantor

Pegmatite is igneous rock similar to granite but with larger crystals.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Granite

Ward's Science Essentials® Granite

Supplier: Avantor

Porphyritic igneous rock containing biotite, feldspar, and hornblende.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Pumice

Ward's Science Essentials® Pumice

Supplier: Avantor

Pumice is light colored glassy rock that floats in water.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Rhyolite

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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Ward's Science Essentials® Conglomerate

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 Science Essentials® Gray Slate

Ward's Science Essentials® Gray Slate

Supplier: Avantor

Gray metamorphosed shale showing "slaty cleavage".

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Ward's® Metamorphic Petro-Lab Set

Ward's® Metamorphic Petro-Lab Set

Supplier: Avantor

Designed for Introductory College Petrography Labs.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Obsidian

Ward's Science Essentials® Obsidian

Supplier: Avantor

Obsidian is hard black colored, volcanic glass.

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