"Avantor"

Previously known as the syracuse university mineral and rock set.

Examples of the most basic rocks and rock-forming minerals.

A Great Way to Begin Your Petrographic Studies

4 pounds of limestone chips supplied in a box.

Ideal for Beginning Earth Science Students

Study the Formation of Different Igneous Rocks

Coarse-grained plagioclase and pyroxene with some olivine.

Dark gray, with hornblende as the dominant mafic mineral.

Pink and gray bands, with biotite; shows good foliation.

Fine to medium-grained with biotite.

Medium-grained with biotite.

Coarse-grained, with microcline, biotite and horblende phenocrysts.

Earthy, porous calcareous tufa.

Buff-colored, coarse, detrital limestone, with cemented shell fragments.

Buff, coarse, crystalline “Austin Marble” with shell casts and molds.

Gray with line crinoid columnal fragments.