Rock Specimens
Rock specimens are useful for studying textures, grain sizes, and other features altered by pressure, temperature, and other natural forces. Different select categories of rock specimens are available for purchase as well, including metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks. Sets of rock specimens are housed in compartmentalized collection boxes, with descriptions of each specimen printed for easy confirmation of identification. These rock specimens are carefully selected to be the highest quality to provide students with a suitable introduction to earth materials and their characteristics.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Sandstone
Red clastic rock composed of sand sized particles and hematite.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Scoria
Scoria is a dark-colored rock formed from lava with a high gas content.
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Sediment Settler Kit
Discover What Sediment is and its Impact on the Environment
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Ward's Science Essentials® Muscovite
Muscovite is a mica mineral cut to demonstrate basal cleavage.
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Ward's® Introductory Mineral & Rock Collection With Matching Thin Sections
Buy Both the Thin Section Set and the Hand Specimen Set and Save!
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Ward's® Basalt (Olivine Porphyry)
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® Mineral Thin Sections Set
Forty mineral thin sections for Petrography Studies
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Explore With Me Geology™ Collections
The Explore with Me Geology™ series kits are the perfect starter sets for budding geologists. Each collection of ten specimens is enclosed in a handy, plastic storage container. A rock identification chart with images and descriptions helps students better understand each specimen. Appropriate for grades three through twelve.