"VWR"

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.

Five Types of Cohesiveness

Demonstrates Irregular Breakage

A variety of tensile strengths and physical traits represented.

Hornblende is a dark amphibole group mineral, perfect for teaching Bowen's reaction series.

Metamorphosed rock showing foliation and rich in hornblende.

Excellet series for college mineralogy and petrology courses.