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.
Epidote
Our excellent series of standard thin sections features important and interesting rock-forming mineral types most often found in field samples.
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Ward's® Labradorite (Cleavage)
Feldspar group; good cleavages of pure soda lime feldspar; most show twinning and labradorescence.
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Ward's® Tremolite
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.
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Ward's® Sillimanite
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.
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Ward's® Cordierite
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.
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Ward's® Know Your Minerals Collection
Perfect for Independent Study or Class Tests.
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Minerals of the Earth’s Crust Collection
The Most Abundant Minerals in the Earth’s Crust
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Ward's® Streak and Color Collection
Clear examples of a key method of identification.
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Ward's® Introductory Mineral Collection
Beginner’s Collection Illustrates Important Physical Properties
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Ward's® Luster Collection
Examples of Different Types of Surface Appearance
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Ward's® AGI/NAGT Laboratory Mineral Set
Specimens To Supplement the Most Widely-Used College Lab Manual for Physical Geology
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Introductory Fluorescent Mineral Collection
Both shortwave and longwave fluorescent minerals included.
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GEO-logic Hardness Set
A Complete Kit to Communicate the Concept of Hardness in Minerals