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Rock specimens are useful for studying textures, grain sizes, and other features altered by pressure, temperature, and other natural forces. Different select categories of rock specimens are available for purchase as well, including metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks. Sets of rock specimens are housed in compartmentalized collection boxes, with descriptions of each specimen printed for easy confirmation of identification. These rock specimens are carefully selected to be the highest quality to provide students with a suitable introduction to earth materials and their characteristics.

Rock specimens are useful for studying textures, grain sizes, and other features altered by pressure, temperature, and other natural forces. Different select categories of rock specimens are available for purchase as well, including metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks. Sets of rock specimens are housed in compartmentalized collection boxes, with descriptions of each specimen printed for easy confirmation of identification. These rock specimens are carefully selected to be the highest quality to provide students with a suitable introduction to earth materials and their characteristics.


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Ward's® Igneous Rock Collection

Supplier: VWR
Description: Samples of Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous Rocks

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Ward's® Intro to Petrography Thin Sections and Rock Set

Catalog Number: (470024-962)
Supplier: VWR
Description: Set of Nine Thin Sections and Matching Rocks
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Ward's® Mineral Thin Sections Set

Catalog Number: (470024-866)
Supplier: VWR
Description: Forty mineral thin sections for Petrography Studies
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Geo-logic Metamorphic Rock Set

Catalog Number: (470025-352)
Supplier: VWR
Description: Altered Igneous and Sedimentary Rocks are Clearly Represented
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Ward's® Gneiss (Gray Banded)

Supplier: VWR
Description: White and black bands of quartz, feldspar, and biotite; typical foliation.

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Ward's® Andesite (Porphyry)

Supplier: VWR
Description: Gray andesite with large, blocky hornblende phenocrysts.

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Shale (Carbonaceous)

Supplier: VWR
Description: Black, fissile; commonly with carbonized fossil plant impressions.

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Ward's® Sandstone (Banded)

Supplier: VWR
Description: Red, medium, to coarse-grained iron oxide cement; shows hematite bands.

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Ward's® Coal (Peat)

Supplier: VWR
Description: Compact Plant Fiber Masses.

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Ward's® Limestone (Chalk)

Supplier: VWR
Description: Light gray, earthy.

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Slate (Dark Gray)

Supplier: VWR
Description: Chlorite-mica with perfect slaty cleavage.

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Ward's® Shale (Oil)

Supplier: VWR
Description: Brownish gray, kerogen-rich; commercial oil source.

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Ward's® Science Essentials® Andesite

Supplier: VWR
Description: Introduce your students to Gray Andesite with large phenocrysts of hornblende.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Pumice

Supplier: VWR
Description: Pumice is light colored glassy rock that floats in water.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Granite

Supplier: VWR
Description: Porphyritic igneous rock containing biotite, feldspar, and hornblende.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Limestone

Supplier: VWR
Description: Limestone is a gray calcium carbonate that will fizz with dilute HCl.

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