Specialty 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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Working with Planaria © 2021 Ward’ s Science. All rights reserved. Rev. 2021 https://www.wardsci.com/store/ Page 2 Planaria are free-living aquatic flatworms known as Turbellarians, of the phylum Platyhelminthes (Greek for “flatworm”). Turbellaria...

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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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Page 1 Species: mexicanum Genus: Ambystoma Family: Ambystomatidae Order: Caudata Class: Amphibia Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all necessary permits to transport our ...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Granite Type: Igneous, intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Massive, medium to coarse-grained; holocrystalline, sometimes porphyritic. Color: White, light gray, pink, or red. Mineralogy/Chemistry: Felsic; composed primarily of q...

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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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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. An end-user permit is required in ...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Limestone Type: Sedimentary; chemical or clastic. Texture/Appearance: Fine to coarsely crystalline; varieties may be dense, compact and graded to brecciated, styliolitic, or oolitic. Stratification usually ind...

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Page 1 Density Columns Recommended Grade Level(s): Appropriate for: Middle school and High school Time Requirements: Activity Time: 30 minutes Teaching Topics & Concepts: • Density, mass, separation methods, solubility, diffusion, immiscibility, h...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Quartzite Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Massive, with generally small grain size; sometimes saccharoidal. Grain size (sand size, 1/16-2mm) dependent on original detritus. Generally non-folia...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Tuff Type: Igneous; extrusive (pyroclastic). Texture/Appearance: Clastic texture with angular rock and mineral fragments and lapilli mixed with fine-grained volcanic ash, partly cemented by sedimentary materia...

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Page 1 Mud Puppy Necturus Species: maculosus Genus: Necturus Family: Proteidae Order: Caudata Class: Amphibia Subphylum: Vertebrata Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We hold permits allowing us to transport these...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Schist Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Fine to coarse-grained strongly foliated. Granoblastic grading into porphyrob- lastic, with mineral segregation banding usually present. Individual miner...

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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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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. There are currently no USDA permit...

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ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Hornfels Type: Metamorphic, regional. Texture/Appearance: Homogeneous; dense, fine-grained. Granoblastic; may have porphyroblasts or any of the minerals present. Color: Varies; light to dark. May be pink, brow...

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