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Species: caerulea Genus: Litoria Family: Hylidae Order: Anura Class: Amphibia Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all necessary permits to transport our organisms. Each sta...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Graywacke Type: Sedimentary; clastic. Texture/Appearance: Generally coarse-grained with angular to sub-angular, poorly sorted grains in a clayey matrix. May show graded bedding; fossils are rare. Color: Gray to greenish-gr...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Metaconglomerate Type: Metamorphic, regional. Texture/Appearance: Coarse-grained rock containing rounded to subangular clasts greater than 2mm in diameter and distributed in a fine-grained matrix or metamorphi...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Basalt Type: Igneous; extrusive/intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Fine-grained intergranular plagioclase, pyroxene, and oxides; may contain interstitial glass. Structure massive with some vacuoles occurring. Colo...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Quartz (variety Rock Crystal) Si O2 Crystallography: Hexagonal -R; 32 (low-quartz). Hexagonal; 622 (high quartz). Crystals commonly prismatic, with prism faces horizontally striated and usually terminated by p...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Diamond C Crystallography: Isometric; 4/m32/m. Crystals usually octahedral, but can be cubic or dodecahedral; curved faces are frequently observed. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {111} perfect; 4-cleavage directions. Fract...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Albite NaAlSi3O8 (An0-10) (Feldspar Group) (see also Plagioclase) Crystallography: Triclinic; 1. Crystals commonly tabular parallel to {010}; sometimes elongated on b. Twinning and striations common. Often as ...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Hornblende (Ca,Na)2-3 (Mg,Fe,Al)5 SI6 (Si,Al)2 O22 (OH)2 (Amphibole Group) Crystallography: Monoclinic: 2/m. Crystals prismatic usually terminated by {011}. May be columnar to fibrous; coarse-to fine-granular. Physical Pro...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Gneiss Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Foliated, often with distinct banding (segregation) of minerals; some preferred orientation in micas (platy) or hornblende (prismatic crystals). Medium t...

ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Greenstone Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Fine-grained, massive or compact; generally non-schistose. Color: Dark, green. Mineralogy/Chemistry: Mainly composed of chlorite, actinolite, epidote...

1 All About Elements: Lithium https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Lithium 1. Elemental Lithium can float in mineral oil! 2. Lithium was one of the elements produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. The other tw...

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...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Apatite Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) Crystallography: Hexagonal; 6/m. Commonly occurs in crystals of long prismatic habit; also in mas- sive to compact masses. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {0001} poor. Fracture concho...