Specimens
Specimens are available for use in a wide variety of organic and inorganic testing procedures. Organic samples can be utilized for dissection purposes or studying whole preserved or life specimens, with practical examples in cellular biology or the internal structures of whole organs and complex multicellular systems. Rock specimens are useful for studying textures, grain sizes, and other features brought about by pressure, temperature, and other natural forces, offering a glimpse into the Earth’s geological history.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Granite
Porphyritic igneous rock containing biotite, feldspar, and hornblende.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Pumice
Pumice is light colored glassy rock that floats in water.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Conglomerate
Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock made up rounded quartz pebbles.
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Ward's® Science Essentials® Dolomite
White to gray, medium to coarse-grained, crystalline.
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Ward's® Limestone (Encrinal)
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 Science Essentials® Gray Slate
Gray metamorphosed shale showing "slaty cleavage".
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Ward's Science Essentials® Sandstone
Red clastic rock composed of sand sized particles and hematite.
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Ward's® Oligoclase
Feldspar group; white-to-gray cleavages of sodic plagioclase; some show twinning.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Graphite
A textbook example of pure crystalline carbon which is extermely soft.
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Ward's Science Essentials® Quartzite
Quartzite is hard, non-foliated rock formed from metamorphosed quartz sandstones.