Specialty Rocks

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Topaz Al2SiO4 (F,OH)2 Crystallography: Orthorhombic; 2/m2/m2/m. Crystals commonly prismatic with vertical prism faces often striated; also in crystalline masses or granular. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {001} perfect. Fr...

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Page 1 Algae & Cyanobacteria Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all necessary permits to transport our organisms. Each state is assisted by the USDA to determine which organisms can be transported across st...

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Page 1 Asian Forest Scorpion Species: longimanus Genus: Heterometrus Family: Scorpionidae Order: Scorpiones Class: Arachnida Phylum: Arthropoda Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all neces...

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Page 1 Freshwater Mussels Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all necessary permits to transport our organisms. Each state is assisted by the USDA to determine which organisms can be transported across state...

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Page 1 Lichens Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all necessary permits to transport our organisms. Each state is assisted by the USDA to determine which organisms can be transported across state lines. Som...

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The Plus is Us. Your Texas Personal Account Managers: [email protected] + [email protected] + [email protected] instructional content: +Hypotheses on Origin of Life • Miller-Urey experiment • Iron-sulfur • RNA +Dating fossils • Relative dating...

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American Chameleon Green Anole 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 U...

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Conditions for Customer Ownership (per USDA Permits) 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. In order to pro...

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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 Peridotite Type: Igneous; intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Medium to coarse-grained; massive, granular, sometimes porphyritic. Color: Medium gray to greenish-gray. Mineralogy/Chemistry: Ultramafic, with mafic minerals greate...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Phlogopite KMg3 Si3 AlO10 (F, OH)2 (Mica Group) Crystallography: Monoclinic; 2/m. Usually in six-sided plates or in tapering prismatic crystals; also in foliated masses. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {001} pe...

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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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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Slate Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Fine-grained; lacks mineral segregation banding, displays rock cleavage in one direction. Surface may appear somewhat smooth and shiny. Color: Various, including dark ...

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Page 1 Planaria Brown, Black and White Brown Planaria Black Planaria White Planaria Species: dorotocephala gracilis fluviatilis Genus: Dugesia Phagocata Proctyla Family: Planariidae Planariidae Dendrocoelidae Order: Tricladida Tricladida Tricladid...

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Annelids Conditions for Customer Ownership (per USDA Permits) 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. •There...

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Almandine Fe3+2 Al2 (SiO4)3 (Garnet Group) Crystallography: Isometric; 4/m32/m. common forms are dodecahedron and trapezohedron. Also massive, granular. Physical Properties: Cleavage: Not prominent; {110} parting sometimes distinct. Fracture subco...

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