Specialty Rocks

+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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ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Syenite Type: Igneous; intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Massive; medium to coarse-grained, often changing to pegmatitic. Appears speckled with dark patches, sometimes porphyritic; may show flowage. Color: Pale, ...

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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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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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ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Gabbro Type: Igneous; intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Granular; medium-grained. Color: Dark, medium gray, green-gray or brownish-gray. Mineralogy/Chemistry: Mafic; with essential plagioclase (50%-75%) and pyrox...

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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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Page 1 Yellow-Throated Plated Lizard Species: flavigularis Genus: Gerrhosaurus Family: Gerrhosauridae Order: Squamata Class: Reptilia Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We hold permits allowing us to transport the...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Chromite Fe+2 Cr2 O4 (Spinel Group) Crystallography: Isometric; 4/m32/m. Habit octahedral but crystals small and rare; most often granular to compact; massive. Physical Properties: Cleavage: None. Fracture uneven; brittle....

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Page 1 Mealworm & Darkling Beetle Species: molitor Genus: Tenebrio Family: Tenebrionidae Order: Coleoptera Class: Insecta Phylum: Arthropoda Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all necessar...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Coal Type: Sedimentary; organic. Texture/Appearance: Peat is a brownish, matted variety of coal consisting of partly decomposed plant remains seen as visible vegetable matter. Lignite is a darker, more compact variety with...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Talc Mg3 Si4 O10 (OH)2 Crystallography: Monoclinic; 2/m. Rarely in crystals; more often in foliated masses or compact fine- grained aggregates. Compact and massive varieties known as steatite or soapstone. Physical Propert...

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Page 1 Annelids 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. So...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Obsidian Type: Igneous; extrusive Texture/Appearance: Glassy with rare microphenocrysts or spherulites; conchoidal fracture. Color: Shiny black to brown. Mineralogy/Chemistry: A natural glass or rhyolitic (fel...

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Page 1 Bull Frogs (Rana catesbeiana) Genus: Rana Family: Ranidae Order: Anura Class: Amphibia Subphylum: Vertebrata Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia Conditions for Customer Ownership We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all necessary permit...

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