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ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Bauxite Al (OH)3/AlO • OH Crystallography: A mixture; often pisolitic in round concretionary grains, and also earthy, massive. Physical Properties: Cleavage: None; uneven fracture. Hardness: 1.0-3.0. Specific ...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Cinnabar HgS Crystallography: Hexagonal-R; 32 (low temperature form). Crystals usually rhombohedral, often in penetration twins. Commonly fine granular, massive; also earthy. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {10...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Nepheline (Na,K) AlSiO4 Crystallography: Hexagonal; 6. Rarely in small prismatic crystals with base; more commonly massive, compact, and in embedded grains. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {1010} distinct. Frac...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Dolostone Type: Sedimentary, chemical. Texture/Appearance: Fine to coarsely crystalline grain size; sugary (saccharoidal). May contain various fossil relicts, molds, and casts. Stratification absent or irregular. Color: Li...

Spotted Salamander Conditions for Customer Ownership (per USDA Permits) We hold permits allowing us to transport these organisms. To access permit conditions, click here. Never purchase living specimens without having a disposition strategy in pla...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Diabase Type: Igneous; intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Often porphyritic; characterized by an ophitic groundmass where intersecting plagioclase laths are partially or completely enclosed by pyroxene. Massive wi...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Ilmenite Fe+2 Ti O3 Crystallography: Hexagonal-R; 3. Crystals usually thick tabular with prominent basal planes and small rhombohedral truncations. Commonly in thin plates, massive or compact; also in grains o...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Diorite Type: Igneous; intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Massive, generally medium-to-coarse grained; subhedral, equigranular to por- phyritic. Differences in color and grain size are common with orbicular struct...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Quartz (variety Chalcedony) Si O2 Crystallography: Hexagonal -R; 32 (low-quartz). Hexagonal; 622 (high quartz). Cryptocrystalline; massive. Often, mammillary, botryoidal, or stalactitic. Physical Properties: C...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Siltstone Type: Sedimentary; clastic. Texture/Appearance: Silt-sized (<1/16 mm) to very fine sand-sized particles; massive, not laminated (no bedding planes) may exhibit significant clay or sand. Color: Tan, g...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Rhyolite Type: Igneous; extrusive. Texture/Appearance: Fine-grained, cryptocrystalline (and glassy) to microcrystalline; often porphyritic. May show flow banding. Color: Light colored; pink, gray, and purple. Mineralogy/Ch...

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