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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® Introductory Rock Collection
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Ideal for Beginning Earth Science Students
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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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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
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High grade metamorphosed rock showing bands of quartz, feldspar, and biotite.
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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
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Slaty metamorphic rock containing hematite giving it its red color.
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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
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Anorthosite is an intrusive, igneous rock consisting of predominantly plagioclase feldspar.
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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® 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
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Pink Gneiss is foliated pink and black bands of biotite.
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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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Metamorphic Rock Collection
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Perfect for introductory lessons on metamorphic rocks.
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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
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Red clastic rock composed of sand sized particles and hematite.
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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
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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
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Examples of the most basic rocks and rock-forming minerals.
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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® Breccia
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Breccia is a sedimentary rock made up of angular rock fragments.
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Ward's® White Marble
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Gray to white metamorphosed carbonate rock.
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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® Granite
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Porphyritic igneous rock containing biotite, feldspar, and hornblende.
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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® 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
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Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock made up rounded quartz pebbles.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Gray Slate
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Gray metamorphosed shale showing "slaty cleavage".
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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 Science Essentials® Obsidian
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Obsidian is hard black colored, volcanic glass.