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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 Science Essentials® Pink Gneiss

Description: Pink Gneiss is foliated pink and black bands of biotite.

Ward's® Breccia (Volcanic)

Description: Light gray, fine small clasts.

Ward's® Limestone (Shell)

Description: Buff, coarse, crystalline “Austin Marble” with shell casts and molds.

Ward's® Marble (Coarse White)

Description: Coarse crystalline, carbonate.

Ward's® Serpentinite

Description: Dark-green “verde antique”, containing some chlorite and calcite.

Ward's® Dolostone (Gray)

Description: Dense Dolostone.

Ward's® Build Your Own Collection Kits

Description: Everything You Need to Organize Your Specimens

Ward's® Quartzite (Green)

Description: Chlorite-bearing.

Ward's® Gabbro

Description: Coarse-grained plagioclase and pyroxene with some olivine.

Catalog Number: (470106-756)

Ward's® Igneous Rock Set of 18

Retrieving Kit

Description: <i>Includes</i>: six each of obsidian, pumice, and basalt. Set of 18.<BR><BR>Common rocks and minerals for testing and identification studies are 2–3cm each.