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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Breccia Type: Sedimentary; clastic. Texture/Appearance: Coarse-grained, angular rock fragments cemented in a fine- to very fine-grained matrix. Clasts have sharp edges. Color: Variable. Mineralogy/Chemistry: Composition va...

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2012 Biology Cover_REV2a Product Availability No one does a better job than WARD’S at keeping products in stock and quickly available to our customers. In fact, we routinely stock over 17,000 items! However, if an item is tem- porarily unavailable...

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Working with Nasonia © 2021 Ward’ s Science. All rights reserved. Rev. 2021 https://www.wardsci.com/store/ Page 2 Working with Nasonia Nasonia vitripennis is a small parasitic wasp that is involved in a symbiotic relationship with a host organism ...

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science tools: The Plus is Us. Your Texas Personal Account Managers: [email protected] + [email protected] + [email protected] instructional content: +Diversity of Kingdom Protista • Animal-like protists • Plant-like protists • Fungi-like prot...

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Conditions for Customer Ownership We hold permits allowing us to transport these organisms. To access permit conditions, click here. Never purchase living specimens without having a disposition strategy in place. A USDA permit is needed to send ea...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Conglomerate Type: Sedimentary; clastic. Texture/Appearance: Coarse-grained rock containing rounded to subangular clasts of greater than 2mm in diameter scattered in a finer-grained matrix of sand, silt, and/o...

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Page 1 Eastern Newt Species: viridescens Genus: Notophthalmus Family: Salamandridae Order: Caudata Class: Amphibia Subphylum: Vertebrata Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Serpentinite Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Fine to coarse-grained, lamellar or mesh-like; massive with frequent zonations and veins. Color: Dark green to black. Mineralogy/Chemistry: Ultramafic; composed...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Pumice Type: Igneous; extrusive (pyroclastic). Texture/Appearance: Glassy, vesicular, foamy, frothy. Very light-weight with numerous vacuoles (some varieties float in water). A natural glass froth in which the...

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ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Gabbro Type: Igneous; intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Granular; medium-grained. Color: Dark, medium gray, green-gray or brownish-gray. Mineralogy/Chemistry: Mafic; with essential plagioclase (50%-75%) and pyrox...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Sandstone Type: Sedimentary; clastic. Texture/Appearance: Grains generally sand-sized (1/16–2mm), normally sorted and somewhat rounded. May be poorly to well cemented. May also display visible fossils (not par...

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ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Syenite Type: Igneous; intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Massive; medium to coarse-grained, often changing to pegmatitic. Appears speckled with dark patches, sometimes porphyritic; may show flowage. Color: Pale, ...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Anthracite Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Homogeneous, shiny, hard, scaly and compact. Subconchoidal fractures; glassy looking. Color: Dark brown to black, lustrous. Mineralogy/Chemistry: 92%–98% fixed ca...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Shale Type: Sedimentary; clastic. Texture/Appearance: Very fine-grained (clay to silt-sized particles) grains not distinguishable to the naked eye. A relatively soft rock with fine laminae; may display carbona...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Andesite Type: Igneous; extrusive. Texture/Appearance: Generally fine-grained, aphanitic. Massive structure, often porphyritic with phenocrysts standing out in a vitreous or fine-grained groundmass. Color: Dar...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Scoria Type: Igneous; extrusive (volcanic). Texture/Appearance: Fine-grained to glassy; highly vesicular (>50%). Usually heavier and more crystalline than pumice. Color: Dark reddish-brown to black. Mineralogy/Chemistry: B...

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