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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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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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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 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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Rock Specimens Discover the widest selection of rock specimens, hand-selected from around the globe for their highly-detailed representation of key structures and features for hands-on study, research, and display. Choose individual specimens, or ...

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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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Mineral Specimens Discover the widest selection of mineral specimens, hand-selected from around the globe for their exquisite detail and noteable features for hands-on study, research, and display. Choose individual specimens, or let us build a co...

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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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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+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 Anorthosite Type: Igneous; intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Medium to coarse-grained, equigranular with elongated tabular plagioclase. Color: Dark gray to bluish-gray, sometimes lighter shades. Mineralogy/Chemis...

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