Sedimentary Rocks

1 All About Elements: Lithium https://wardsci.com/store wardsci.com | 800-962-2660 2 3 Fun Facts About… Lithium 1. Elemental lithium can float in mineral oil. 2. Lithium was one of the elements produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. The other t...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Skarn Type: Metamorphic; contact. Texture/Appearance: Most often coarse-grained and granoblastic with no foliation. Massive structure with zones of mineral concentration. Color: Varies with mineralogy, but usu...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Phyllite Type: Metamorphic, regional. Texture/Appearance: Very fine-grained showing strong schistosity; commonly displaying crenulated (wavy) cleavage. Generally coarser than slate. Cleavage surface exhibits a...

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Page 1 Crayfish Species: clarkii Genus: Procambarus Family: Pleocyemata Order: Decapoda Class: Malacostraca Subphylum: Crustacea Phylum: Arthropoda Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all n...

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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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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Quartz (variety Amethyst) Si O2 Crystallography: Hexagonal -R;32 (low quartz). Hexagonal; 622 (high quartz). Crystals not common. Usually massive, coarsely crystalline. Physical Properties: Cleavage: Generally none; occasi...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Diorite Type: Igneous; intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Massive, generally medium-to-coarse grained; subhedral, equigranular to por- phyritic. Differences in color and grain size are common with orbicular struct...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Rhyolite Type: Igneous; extrusive. Texture/Appearance: Fine-grained, cryptocrystalline (and glassy) to microcrystalline; often porphyritic. May show flow banding. Color: Light colored; pink, gray, and purple. Mineralogy/Ch...

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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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Page 1 Bufo Toad Species: marinus Genus: Bufo Family: Ranaidae Order: Anura Class: Amphibia Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all necessary permits to transport our organ...

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Page 1 Spongilla Freshwater Sponge Genus: Spongilla Family: Spongillidae Order: Haposclerida Class: Demospongiae Phylum: Porifera Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all necessary permits t...

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ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Bauxite Al (OH)3/AlO • OH Crystallography: A mixture; often pisolitic in round concretionary grains, and also earthy, massive. Physical Properties: Cleavage: None; uneven fracture. Hardness: 1.0-3.0. Specific ...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Amphibolite Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Massive to foliated; gneissic to schistose. Color: Black to dark-green often speckled with white. Mineralogy/Chemistry: Mafic; composed primarily of...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Apatite Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) Crystallography: Hexagonal; 6/m. Commonly occurs in crystals of long prismatic habit; also in mas- sive to compact masses. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {0001} poor. Fracture concho...

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