Specimens

Use these thin-section slides with a polarizing microscope to view rock specimens in detail. Includes: biotite granite, olivine basalt, red sandstone, encrinal limestone, mica schist, augen gneiss, storage box and identification guide.

Note: collections are subject to change depending upon availability of individual items. Set of six.

Clearly preserved ripple marks in bedded sedimentary rock. Average slab size: 6 x 8".

Shows porphyritic texture in a fine dark matrix abundant large feldspar phenocrysts. Hand specimen.

Forty mineral thin sections for Petrography Studies

Enhance Your Ultramafic Studies with This Special Petrographic Resource

Designed for Introductory College Petrography Labs

Designed for Introductory College Petrography Labs

Designed for Introductory College Petrography Labs.

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

[NA_SciEd] Ward's® Shale (Argillaceous)

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

Ward's® Limestone (Dolomitic)

Everything Students Need to Work Independently to Identify Rocks and Minerals

A comprehensive classroom survey set of minerals and rocks.