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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.

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Ward's® Tuff (Rhyolitic)

Description: Gray, fine, friable, with abundant small sanidine crystal fragments.

Ward's® Conglomerate (Kame)

Description: Cemented glacial gravel.

Ward's® Build Your Own Collection Kits

Description: Everything You Need to Organize Your Specimens

Ward's® Sandstone (Siliceous)

Description: Gray, fine to medium-grained “Berea grit”.

Ward's® Rhyolite (Gray)

Description: Light gray, with flow structure.

Ward's Science Essentials® Diorite

Description: Diorite is a mix of dark pyroxene and light andesine provides perfect representation of an intermediate igneous rock.

Ward's® Sandstone (Banded)

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

Catalog Number: (470025-358)

GEO-logic Metamorphic Rocks Thin Section Topic Set

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Description: Examine the Mineral Composition of Metamorphic Rocks.

Ward's Science Essentials® Soapstone

Description: Soapstone is a talc-schist primarily composed of talc.

Wards® Metamorphic Rock Collection

Description: Perfect for Introductory Lessons on Metamorphic Rocks.

Ward's® Limestone (Encrinal)

Description: Gray with line crinoid columnal fragments.

Ward's Science Essentials® Coquina

Description: Coquina is variety of limestone made up of shell fragments.

Catalog Number: (470025-316)

Ward's® Introductory Mineral & Rock Collection With Matching Thin Sections

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Description: Buy Both the Thin Section Set and the Hand Specimen Set and Save!

Catalog Number: (470025-266)

Rocks Associated with Plate Boundaries Collection

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Description: Developed by the National Association of Geology Teachers

Catalog Number: (470025-900)

Ward's® Fulgurite

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Description: Fulgurite

Catalog Number: (470025-038)

Ward's® Basalt (Olivine Porphyry)

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Description: When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the compositi...