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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.

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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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Ripple Marks

Ripple Marks

Clearly preserved ripple marks in bedded sedimentary rock. Average slab size: 6 x 8".

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Ward's® Mantle Xenolith

Ward's® Mantle Xenolith

Glossy green dunite (olivine) inclusion in non-genetically related basalt. Average size: 3" x 4".

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Ward's® Fulgurite

Ward's® Fulgurite

Unusual glassy tubes of fused sand produced by lightning strikes in desert sediments. Average size: 1.5"- 2".

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Ulexite (TV Stone)

Ulexite (TV Stone)

Cut and finished samples with fiberoptic samples.

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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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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® GEO-Logic Types of Fossilization Topic Set

Ward's® GEO-Logic Types of Fossilization Topic Set

Define and compare ways organisms have been preserved.

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Schist (Mica Garnet)

Schist (Mica Garnet)

Silvery, paragranite and muscovite-rich with medium garnet crystals.

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Algal Stromatolite (Cynobacteria) (PreCambrian)

Algal Stromatolite (Cynobacteria) (PreCambrian)

Beautifully polished and distinctive slabs or rare 2.3 billion year old fossil stromatolites. Well defined growth structures in matrix.

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Pocket Hardness Points Set

Pocket Hardness Points Set

Students determine a mineral's hardness between five and 10 on Mohs' scale.

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