"Freeze-Dried Specimens"

A variety of colorful collections to introduce rocks, minerals and fossils.

Gray to white, coarse crystalline, carbonate rock.

Samples of Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous Rocks

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

Red, medium, to coarse-grained iron oxide cement; shows hematite bands.

Compact Plant Fiber Masses.

Black, fissile; commonly with carbonized fossil plant impressions.

Everything Students Need to Work Independently to Identify Rocks and Minerals

Altered Igneous and Sedimentary Rocks are Clearly Represented

Light gray, earthy.