"gel box"

Shiny black volcanic glass showing conchoidal fracture and some spherulites.

Banded volcanic glass.

Glassy; most specimens float in water.

Fightly cemented, medium-to-coarse quartz grains.

Light gray, with flow structure.

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

Hematite-cemented quartz; orthoquartzite.

Typical green-gray, fissile, clay-rich.

Brownish gray, kerogen-rich; commercial oil source.

Slaty cleavage; contains hematite.

Chlorite-mica with perfect slaty cleavage.

Define and compare ways organisms have been preserved.

Formalin Preserved

Feldspar group; white-to-gray cleavages of sodic plagioclase; some show twinning.

Clear rhombs showing double refraction.

Crystals and crystal sections up to 1", Mohs’ hardness of 9.