Mineral Specimens
Mineral specimens are cut in a variety of sizes to meet various user needs, with common uses including identification on the part of students, displays to be used during lectures and demonstrations, or as chips for convenient physical identification tests in labs. These mineral specimens also demonstrate a number of classic geological features, such as cleavage, and collections of minerals can be used to test the Mohs hardness of other minerals and compare them.
Ward's® Mineral Research Grade Collection
Ward's® highest quality and purest mineral offerings.
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Ward's® Crystal Systems Reference Slide Set
Explore the characteristics of each of the six crystal systems.
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Ward's® Albite
Feldspar group; white to gray, sodium plagioclase cleavages; some faces may show twinning.
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Ward's® Anorthoclase
Feldspar group; greenish gray alkali feldspar, coarse crystalline, some iridescence.
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Ward's® Magnetite (Lodestone)
Spinel group; iron-black, massive; natural magnet.
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Ward's® Sphalerite (Crystalline)
Dark brown to black; polycrystalline zinc ore.
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Ward's® Classroom Mineral Collection
A fascinating and colorful classroom mineral study set.
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Minerals of the Earth’s Crust Collection
Give students a fascinating glimpse at the elements and minerals composing the Earth’s crust. The 16 minerals in this set include some of the most abundant varieties in the crust based on weight percentages.
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Ward's® Feldspar Thin Sections Set
Great value for the microscopic study of Feldspar minerals.