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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...

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+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...

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Mineral Specimens Discover the widest selection of mineral specimens, hand-selected from around the globe for their exquisite detail and noteable features for hands-on study, research, and display. Choose individual specimens, or let us build a co...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Granite Type: Igneous, intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Massive, medium to coarse-grained; holocrystalline, sometimes porphyritic. Color: White, light gray, pink, or red. Mineralogy/Chemistry: Felsic; composed primarily of q...

Rock Specimens Discover the widest selection of rock specimens, hand-selected from around the globe for their highly-detailed representation of key structures and features for hands-on study, research, and display. Choose individual specimens, or ...

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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...

History Boreal Science began its existence as Boreal Biological Laboratory on January 1, 1955. It was founded by Dr. R. L. Peterson, "Pete", and his wife Elizabeth Taylor Peterson in Cooksville, now Mississauga, Ontario, in the basement of his hom...

Geology Specimen Key Cards These helpful guides provide extensive background information for Ward’s Science rocks and minerals. Ideal for supplementing your lessons with additional facts and information, or perfect for take-home study or homework ...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Arkose Type: Sedimentary; clastic. Texture/Appearance: Usually coarse-grained, sometimes with pebbles. Angular to subangular, poorly to moderately well-sorted sand grains. No Fossils. Color: Gray, pink or redd...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Limestone Type: Sedimentary; chemical or clastic. Texture/Appearance: Fine to coarsely crystalline; varieties may be dense, compact and graded to brecciated, styliolitic, or oolitic. Stratification usually ind...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Tuff Type: Igneous; extrusive (pyroclastic). Texture/Appearance: Clastic texture with angular rock and mineral fragments and lapilli mixed with fine-grained volcanic ash, partly cemented by sedimentary materia...