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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.

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® Shale (Oil)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Brownish gray, kerogen-rich; commercial oil source.

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Ward's® Igneous Rock Collection

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Samples of Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous Rocks

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Canadian Rock and Mineral Collection

Catalog Number: (470315-520)
Supplier: Avantor
Description: Comprehensive set of rocks and minerals highlighting the economic resources of Canada.
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Ward's® Gneiss (Gray Banded)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: White and black bands of quartz, feldspar, and biotite; typical foliation.

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Ward's® Intro to Petrography Thin Sections and Rock Set

Catalog Number: (470024-962)
Supplier: Avantor
Description: Set of Nine Thin Sections and Matching Rocks
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GEO-logic Metamorphic Rocks Thin Section Topic Set

Catalog Number: (470025-358)
Supplier: Avantor
Description: Examine the Mineral Composition of Metamorphic Rocks.
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Ward's® Limestone (Chalk)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Light gray, earthy.

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Ward's® Coal (Peat)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Compact Plant Fiber Masses.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Pumice

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Pumice is light colored glassy rock that floats in water.

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Ward's® Science Essentials® Andesite

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Introduce your students to Gray Andesite with large phenocrysts of hornblende.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Granite

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Porphyritic igneous rock containing biotite, feldspar, and hornblende.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Limestone

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Limestone is a gray calcium carbonate that will fizz with dilute HCl.

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Ward's® Science Essentials® Pegmatite

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Pegmatite is igneous rock similar to granite but with larger crystals.

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Ward's® Andesite (Porphyry)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Gray andesite with large, blocky hornblende phenocrysts.

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Shale (Carbonaceous)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Black, fissile; commonly with carbonized fossil plant impressions.

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Slate (Dark Gray)

Supplier: Avantor
Description: Chlorite-mica with perfect slaty cleavage.

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