"The Mystery of Lyle and Louise"

White, very dark green, and very dark red to light red granoblastic intergrowth of wollastonite, diopside, and andradite.

Himalayan mineral great for teaching and display.

Chlorite-mica with perfect slaty cleavage.

Red-brown to gray, coarse-grained, containing feldspar and mica.

Silvery, paragranite and muscovite-rich with medium garnet crystals.

Gray to white, coarse crystalline, carbonate rock.

Pure translucent to white, rhombic cleavages, Mohs’ hardness of 3.

Nearly pure, green crystalline forsterite.

Dark gray with abundant gas pocket vesicles.

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® PURE Preserved™ Specimens - the best dissection experience from start to finish.