"Ward's Phenomena Lab Activities"

Dense and massive.

Hematite-cemented quartz; orthoquartzite.

Black, soft; most widely mined.

Represents a Wide Range of Depositional Environments and Rock Textures

White, mature, friable.

1 pound of black sand packaged in a heat-sealed bag.

Green shale which contains approximately 85% Illite. Impurities may include other clay minerals, such as micas and feldspars.

Introduce your students to rocks formed from deposition of sediment.

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

Soil