Recommended for high school earth science classes as well as college-level geology courses. The specimens are not numbered, so the student, under the guidance of the instructor, can learn how to identify them. The set is housed in a shipping box, and an identification list is included.Contents:38 unnumbered samples, 1″ x 1″; streak plateMinerals:biotite, calcite, galena, garnet, halite, hematite, hornblende, limonite, magnetite, milky quartz, muscovite, olivine, orthoclase, plagioclase, pyrite, selenite, serpentine, talcRocks:Igneous: basalt, felsite, gabbro, coarse granite, fine granite, obsidian, pumice, syenite Sedimentary: chert, conglomerate, dolomite, gypsum, limestone, sandstone, shale Metamorphic: gneiss, marble, quartzite, schist, slate
|
