Specimens

Slaty cleavage; contains hematite.

Dark-green 'verde antique', containing some chlorite and calcite.

White and black bands of quartz, feldspar, and biotite; typical foliation.

Lustrous, black 'hard coal'.

Soapstone is a talc-schist primarily composed of talc.

Sale

Pink/gray coarse carbonate rock.

Sale

Pink and gray bands, with biotite; shows good foliation.

Massive, chlorite-rich.

Light gray, fine-grained, well-foliated, schistose.

Phyllite is a light-gray foliated rock formed from metamorphosed slate.