"VWR"

Gray to buff, with numerous ooliths and fossil fragments.

Dense and massive.

Gray, fine to medium-grained “Berea grit”.

Hematite-cemented quartz; orthoquartzite.

Typical green-gray, fissile, clay-rich.

Brownish gray, kerogen-rich; commercial oil source.

Well-cemented, medium-grained orthoquartzite.

Black, soft; most widely mined.

Cemented glacial gravel.

Small, rounded pebbles and tightly cemented granules.

Introduce your students to rocks formed from deposition of sediment.

Green shale which contains approximately 85% Illite. Impurities may include other clay minerals, such as micas and feldspars.

1 pound of black sand packaged in a heat-sealed bag.