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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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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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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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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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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 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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+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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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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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’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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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Marble Type: Metamorphic; regional and contact. Texture/Appearance: Fine to coarse-grained; granoblastic to saccharoidal. May appear patched or with streaks or banding that is deformed. Color: Variable, commonly white, pin...

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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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+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 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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