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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® Igneous Rock Collection
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Samples of Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous Rocks
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Ward's® Sedimentary Rock Collection
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Represents a Wide Range of Depositional Environments and Rock Textures
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Geo-logic Igneous Rock Set
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Study the Formation of Different Igneous Rocks
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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® Pyroxenite
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Pyroxenite is ultramafic igneous rock made up of primarily pyroxene minerals.
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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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Ward's® Conglomerate (Quartz)
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Small, rounded pebbles and tightly cemented granules.
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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® Granite
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Porphyritic igneous rock containing biotite, feldspar, and hornblende.
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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® Gneiss (Pink Banded)
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Pink and gray bands, with biotite; shows good foliation.
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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® Andesite (Porphyry)
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Gray andesite with large, blocky hornblende phenocrysts.
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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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Slate (Dark Gray)
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Chlorite-mica with perfect slaty cleavage.
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Quartzite
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Fightly cemented, medium-to-coarse quartz grains.
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Ward's® Limestone (Travertine)
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Earthy, porous calcareous tufa.
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Shale (Carbonaceous)
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Black, fissile; commonly with carbonized fossil plant impressions.
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Ward's® Introductory Mineral & Rock Thin Section Set
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A Great Way to Begin Your Petrographic Studies
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Ward's® Shale (Oil)
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Brownish gray, kerogen-rich; commercial oil source.
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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® Basalt (Vesicular)
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Dark gray with abundant gas pocket vesicles.
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Ward's® Gneiss (Gray Banded)
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White and black bands of quartz, feldspar, and biotite; typical foliation.
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Limestone (Coquina)
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Buff-colored, coarse, detrital limestone, with cemented shell fragments.
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Ward's® Science Essentials® Andesite
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Introduce your students to Gray Andesite with large phenocrysts of hornblende.