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Mineral specimens are cut in a variety of sizes to meet various user needs, with common uses including identification on the part of students, displays to be used during lectures and demonstrations, or as chips for convenient physical identification tests in labs. These mineral specimens also demonstrate a number of classic geological features, such as cleavage, and collections of minerals can be used to test the Mohs hardness of other minerals and compare them.

Mineral specimens are cut in a variety of sizes to meet various user needs, with common uses including identification on the part of students, displays to be used during lectures and demonstrations, or as chips for convenient physical identification tests in labs. These mineral specimens also demonstrate a number of classic geological features, such as cleavage, and collections of minerals can be used to test the Mohs hardness of other minerals and compare them.


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Almandine Garnet

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Exemplary display of hexoctahedral crystal shape.

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Ward's® Sphalerite (Crystalline)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Dark brown to black; polycrystalline zinc ore.

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Ward's® Graphite

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Black, high grade, foliated, greasy feel.

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Anorthite

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Feldspar group; calcium end member plagioclase crystals in pyroxene matrix.<BR><BR>WARD'S offers three different specimen sizes to meet your various needs:<BR><BR>Student Specimens. Ideal for students to use for study and identification. Specimens range in size from 1×1" to 1×2" and come in packages of ten.<BR><BR>Hand Specimens. Great for lectures, demonstrations, and display. Specimens range in size from 2×3" to 3×4", and each comes in a labeled plastic tray.<BR><BR>Bulk Pack. Several of the smaller pieces are suitable for classroom study, while the larger specimens in the one kilogram pack can be cut to sizes that meet your specific needs. The number and size of pieces will vary.

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Fluorite (Fluorescent)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Brown, fluorescent crystals intergrown in dolomite rock.<BR><BR>WARD’S offers four different specimen sizes to meet your various needs:<BR><BR>Student Specimens. Ideal for students to use for study and identification. Specimens range in size from 1" x 1" to 1" x 2" and come in packages of ten.<BR><BR>Hand Specimens. Great for lectures, demonstrations, and display. Specimens range in size from 2" x 3" to 3" x 4", and each comes in a labeled plastic tray.<BR><BR>Bulk Pack. Several of the smaller pieces are suitable for classroom study, while the larger specimens in the one kilogram pack can be cut to sizes that meet your specific needs. The number and size of pieces will vary.

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Ward's® Quartz (Rose)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Light pink, massive, crystalline, translucent.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Limonite

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Earthy, yellow brown iron ore.

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Ward's® Biotite

Catalog Number: (470024-938)
Supplier: Avantor
Description: 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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Ward's® Limonite

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Brown, earthy, massive; used for yellow pigment.

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Ward's® Quartz (Chert)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Light gray, compact, opaque, microcrystalline.

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Ward's® Topaz (Crystals)

Catalog Number: (470025-824)
Supplier: Avantor
Description: Gemmy, sherry-colored crystals and sections approximately 3/8– 1/2"
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Ward's® Quartz (Rock Crystal Points)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Clear, euhedral points and sections.

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Classroom Mineral Collection

Catalog Number: (470315-612)
Supplier: Avantor
Description: A fascinating and colorful classroom study set.
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Ward's® Quartz Conglomerate

Catalog Number: (470331-446)
Supplier: Avantor
Description: 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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Ward's® Ferruginous Shale

Catalog Number: (470331-466)
Supplier: Avantor
Description: 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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Ward's® Coquina

Catalog Number: (470331-482)
Supplier: Avantor
Description: 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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