Mineral Collections
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.
Bowen's Reaction Series Mineral Collection
Specimens illustrate important stages of mineral formation.
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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® 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.
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Ward's® Pyroxene Thin Section Set
Great value for the microscopic study of Pyroxene minerals
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Mica Set
Specially selected thin sections of important rock forming minerals. Set may contain more than one example of the same mineral to depict variations in occurrence and distinct mineral associations.
Slides (12); annite, biotite, clinochlore, fuschite, glauconite, lepidolite, margarite, muscovite, paragonite, phlogopite, sericite, zinnwaldite.
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Amphibole Set
Specially selected thin sections of important rock forming minerals. Set may contain more than one example of the same mineral to depict variations in occurrence and distinct mineral associations.
Slides (12): actinolite, anthophyllite, cummingtonite, ferrohornblende, fluoredenite, glaucophane, grunerite, hexagonite, kaersutite, magnesiohornblende, riebeckite, tremolite.
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Introductory Rock-Forming Mineral Collection
Examples of the More Important Minerals Found in Rocks
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Streak, Color, and Luster Set
Activities to Examine the Appearance of Minerals
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Ward's® Tenacity and Special Properties Topic Set
A variety of tensile strengths and physical traits represented.
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Nonmetallic Mineral Resources Topic Set
Substantial Set of Economically Important Minerals
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Ward's Science Essentials® Hornblende
Hornblende is a dark amphibole group mineral, perfect for teaching Bowen's reaction series.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Hornblende Schist
Metamorphosed rock showing foliation and rich in hornblende.