Specialty Rocks

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Basalt Type: Igneous; extrusive/intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Fine-grained intergranular plagioclase, pyroxene, and oxides; may contain interstitial glass. Structure massive with some vacuoles occurring. Colo...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Pyrrhotite Fe1-xS (x = 0 - 0.17) Crystallography: Monoclinic; 2/m (below about 250°C). Hexagonal; 6/m3/m2/m for high tempera- ture forms. Crystals rare, usually tabular to platy on {0001}. Also massive, granular. Physical ...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Gypsum CaSO4 • 2H2O Crystallography: Monoclinic; 2/m. Crystals commonly simple in habit; tabular on {010}; diamond- shaped, with edges beveled by {120} and {111}. Twinning common on {100}. Also granular, massive. Physical ...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Metaconglomerate Type: Metamorphic, regional. Texture/Appearance: Coarse-grained rock containing rounded to subangular clasts greater than 2mm in diameter and distributed in a fine-grained matrix or metamorphi...

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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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Page 1 Land Hermit Crab Species: clypeatus Genus: Coenobita Family: Coenobitidae Order: Decapoda Class: Malacostraca Phylum: Arthropoda Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all necessary per...

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Page 1 Marine Fish Various Species Species:: varies Genus: varies Family: varies Order: Perciformes Class: Actinopterygii Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all necessary ...

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Page 1 Spotted Salamander Species: maculatum Genus: Ambystoma Family: Ambystomatiidae OOrder: Caudata Class: Amphibia Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all necessary perm...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Forsterite Mg2 Si O4 (Olivine Group) Crystallography: Orthorhombic; 2/m2/m2/m. Rarely in small equidimensional or tabular crystals; usually in granular masses and as rounded grains. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {101} ind...

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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’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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Page 1 Species: carolinensis Genus: Anolis Family: Polychrotidae Order: Squamata Class: Reptilia Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We hold permits allowing us to transport these organisms. To access permit condit...

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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 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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+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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