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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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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...

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...

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...

Custom Geology Solutions Custom Geology Solutions For over 150 years, Ward's Science has been supporting geology educators with custom geology specimens to match their teaching needs. Our founder Henry Ward was one of the first to offer custom geo...

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ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Hornfels Type: Metamorphic, regional. Texture/Appearance: Homogeneous; dense, fine-grained. Granoblastic; may have porphyroblasts or any of the minerals present. Color: Varies; light to dark. May be pink, brow...

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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...