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Rock Specimens

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.

Geo-logic Igneous Rock Set

Geo-logic Igneous Rock Set

Study the Formation of Different Igneous Rocks

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Ward's®  Introductory Mineral & Rock Collection With Matching Thin Sections

Ward's® Introductory Mineral & Rock Collection With Matching Thin Sections

Buy Both the Thin Section Set and the Hand Specimen Set and Save!

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Pumice (Light Gray)

Pumice (Light Gray)

Glassy; most specimens float in water.

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Ward's® Porphyry

Ward's® Porphyry

Shows porphyritic texture in a fine dark matrix abundant large feldspar phenocrysts. Hand specimen.

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Ward's® Stretch Pebble Conglomerate

Ward's® Stretch Pebble Conglomerate

Deformed pebbles in a metamorphased conglomerate. Large sawed and lacquered specimen.

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Wards® Metamorphic Rock Collection

Wards® Metamorphic Rock Collection

Perfect for Introductory Lessons on Metamorphic Rocks.

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Ward's® Basalt

Ward's® Basalt

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® Andesite (Hornblende)

Ward's® Andesite (Hornblende)

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® Scoria

Ward's® Scoria

Gray-to-brown basaltic, with over 50% vesicles.

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Ward's® Science Essentials® Andesite

Ward's® Science Essentials® Andesite

Introduce your students to Gray Andesite with large phenocrysts of hornblende.

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Ward's® Sandstone (Siliceous)

Ward's® Sandstone (Siliceous)

Gray, fine to medium-grained “Berea grit”.

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Ward's® Gneiss (Gray Banded)

Ward's® Gneiss (Gray Banded)

White and black bands of quartz, feldspar, and biotite; typical foliation.

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Sandstone (Red)

Sandstone (Red)

Hematite-cemented quartz; orthoquartzite.

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Ward's® Specimen Display Sets

Ward's® Specimen Display Sets

A variety of colorful collections to introduce rocks, minerals and fossils.

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Ward's® Hornfels

Ward's® Hornfels

Gray, fine-grained, massive contact rock.

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Ward's® Dunite

Ward's® Dunite

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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Quartzite

Quartzite

Fightly cemented, medium-to-coarse quartz grains.

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Ward's® Cross-bedded Sandstone

Ward's® Cross-bedded Sandstone

Sawn and lacquered slab showing thinly bedded truncated layers in a well-cemented sandstone. Large hand specimen.

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Ward's® Build Your Own Collection Kits

Ward's® Build Your Own Collection Kits

Everything You Need to Organize Your Specimens

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Ward's® Greenstone

Ward's® Greenstone

Massive, chlorite-rich.

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Ward's® Basalt (Vesicular)

Ward's® Basalt (Vesicular)

Dark gray with abundant gas pocket vesicles.

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Ward's® Rock Thin Section

Ward's® Rock Thin Section

Use these thin-section slides with a polarizing microscope to view rock specimens in detail. Includes: biotite granite, olivine basalt, red sandstone, encrinal limestone, mica schist, augen gneiss, storage box and identification guide.

Note: collections are subject to change depending upon availability of individual items. Set of six.

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Ward's® Shale (Bituminous)

Ward's® Shale (Bituminous)

Dark, waxy, bitumin-rich.

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Ward's® Marble (Fine White)

Ward's® Marble (Fine White)

Fine crystalline, pure calcite.

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Ward's® Siltstone

Ward's® Siltstone

Gray to brown mudstone with abundant silt.

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Slate (Dark Gray)

Slate (Dark Gray)

Chlorite-mica with perfect slaty cleavage.

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Ward's® Obsidian

Ward's® Obsidian

Shiny black volcanic glass showing conchoidal fracture and some spherulites.

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Ward's® Obsidian (Brown and Black)
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Ward's® Quartzite (Green)
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Ward's® Rhyolite (Pink)

Ward's® Rhyolite (Pink)

Pale pink felsite, with small sanidine phenocrysts.

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