Use these thin-section slides with a polarizing microscope to view rock specimens in detail. Includes: biotite granite, olivine basalt, red sandstone, encrinal limestone, mica schist, augen gneiss, storage box and identification guide.

Note: collections are subject to change depending upon availability of individual items. Set of six.

Examine the Mineral Composition of Igneous Rocks

Examine the Mineral Composition of Sedimentary Rocks

Examine the Mineral Composition of Metamorphic Rocks.

Enhance Your Ultramafic Studies with This Special Petrographic Resource

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

Set of Nine Thin Sections and Matching Rocks

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

A Great Way to Begin Your Petrographic Studies

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

Ward's® Obsidian

Ward's® Phyllite

Four mineral samples on one slide

Ward's® Limestone (Hematitic)

[NA_SciEd] Ward's® Shale (Oil)

[NA_SciEd] Ward's® Tuff (Rhyolitic)

[NA_SciEd] Ward's® Sandstone (Red)

Designed for Introductory College Petrography Labs.

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

Our excellent series of standard thin sections features important and interesting rock-forming mineral types most often found in field samples.

Our excellent series of standard thin sections features important and interesting rock-forming mineral types most often found in field samples.

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

Our excellent series of standard thin sections features important and interesting rock-forming mineral types most often found in field samples.

Our excellent series of standard thin sections features important and interesting rock-forming mineral types most often found in field samples.

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.