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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 Science Essentials® Pumice

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

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Ward's® Andesite (Porphyry)

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

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Ward's® Skarn (Garnet)

Catalog Number: (470026-298)
Supplier: VWR
Description: Red and white granoblastic intergrowth of wollastonite and andradite.
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Ward's® Introductory Mineral & Rock Thin Section Set

Supplier: VWR
Description: A Great Way to Begin Your Petrographic Studies

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Ward's Science Essentials® Conglomerate

Supplier: VWR
Description: Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock made up rounded quartz pebbles.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Quartzite

Supplier: VWR
Description: Quartzite is hard, non-foliated rock formed from metamorphosed quartz sandstones.

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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® Breccia (Volcanic)

Supplier: VWR
Description: Light gray, fine small clasts.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Phyllite

Supplier: VWR
Description: Phyllite is a light-gray foliated rock formed from metamorphosed slate.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Bituminous Shale

Supplier: VWR
Description: Bituminous rich black shale for hands-on investigations.

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Ward's Science Essentials® Rhyolite

Supplier: VWR
Description: Rhyolite is a pale, pink felsic rock with lower density than most igneous rocks.

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Ward's® Limestone (Gray)

Supplier: VWR
Description: Fine, common limestone; massive.

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Slate (Dark Gray)

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

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Ward's® Cross-bedded Sandstone

Catalog Number: (470025-904)
Supplier: VWR
Description: Cross-bedded Sandstone Specialty Rock
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Ward's® Sandstone (Glass sand)

Supplier: VWR
Description: White, mature, friable.

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Sargent Welch Igneous Rock Collection

Catalog Number: (470016-502)
Supplier: VWR
Description: This kit introduces students to igneous rocks.
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