"Ward's Phenomena"
Applied Filters
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.
Expand 1 item
Ward's Science Essentials® Calcite
Calcite is a translucent calcium carbonate mineral, mohs hardness 3.
Expand 1 item
Ward's Science Essentials® Siltstone
Gray to tan clastic rock made of silt sized particles.
Expand 1 item
Ward's Science Essentials® Limestone
Limestone is a gray calcium carbonate that will fizz with dilute HCl.
Expand 1 item
Ward's® Science Essentials® Pegmatite
Pegmatite is igneous rock similar to granite but with larger crystals.
Expand 1 item
Ward's Science Essentials® Conglomerate
Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock made up rounded quartz pebbles.
Expand 1 item
Ward's® Science Essentials® Dolomite
White to gray, medium to coarse-grained, crystalline.
Expand 1 item
Ward's Science Essentials® Graphite
A textbook example of pure crystalline carbon which is extermely soft.
Expand 1 item
Ward's Science Essentials® Quartzite
Quartzite is hard, non-foliated rock formed from metamorphosed quartz sandstones.
Expand 1 item
Ward's Science Essentials® Hornblende
Hornblende is a dark amphibole group mineral, perfect for teaching Bowen's reaction series.
Expand 1 item
Ward's Science Essentials® Selenite
Selenite is a Clear gypsum mineral with a moh's hardness of 2.
Expand 1 item
Ward's Science Essentials® Obsidian
Obsidian is hard black colored, volcanic glass.
Expand 1 item
Ward's Science Essentials® Talc
Talc is the softest know mineral with a moh's hardness of 1, and composed of clay.
Expand 1 item
Ward's Science Essentials® Gypsum
Massive sedimentary gypsum with a moh's hardness 2..
Expand 1 item
Ward's Science Essentials® Red Slate
Slaty metamorphic rock containing hematite giving it its red color.
Expand 1 item
Ward's Science Essentials® Sandstone
Red clastic rock composed of sand sized particles and hematite.