Specimens
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Ward's® Quartz (Milky)
White, massive, coarse crystalline vein, Mohs’ hardness of 7.
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Ward's® Magnetite (Crystalline)
Spinel group; black, dull metallic luster; common iron oxide.
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Ward's® Azurite
Bright blue crystalline veins and coatings in a matrix of mixed copper ore.
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Ward's® Magnetite (Lodestone)
Spinel group; iron-black, massive; natural magnet.
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Ward's® Hornblende (Cleavage)
Amphibole group; dark greenish black cleavages, somewhat columnar.
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Ward's® Microcline (Pink)
Feldspar group; pink cleavages showing perthitic texture, common potassium feldspar, Mohs’ hardness of 6.
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Ward's® Sphalerite (Crystalline)
Dark brown to black; polycrystalline zinc ore.
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Ward's® Tourmaline
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® Dacite
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® Diabase
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® Chalcedony
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® Mylonite
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® Eclogite
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® Anorthoclase
Feldspar group; greenish gray alkali feldspar, coarse crystalline, some iridescence.