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12 Pack - Coarse White Marble, Metamorphic Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
COARSE WHITE MARBLE | Marble is a metamorphic rock formed from limestone. The high-pressure, low-heat alteration leads to a massive crystalline ro...
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12 Pack - Oolitic Limestone, Sedimentary Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
OOLITIC LIMESTONE | Oolitic limestone is a carbonate rock formed from the cementation of thousands of ooids. Ooids are tiny nodules formed from th...
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12 Pack - Raw Andesite, Igneous Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
ANDESITE | Andesite features abundant phenocrysts in a fine grained matrix, and offers a great demonstration of igneous porphyry GREAT FOR GEOLOGY...
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12 Pack - Raw Anthracite Coal, Metamorphic Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
ANTHRACITE COAL | Anthracite coal is bright and reflective, indicative of the intense heat and pressure required to form it. Anthracite coal often...
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12 Pack - Raw Augite, Mineral Specimens - Approx. 1"
AUGITE | A common rock-forming pyroxene mineral that forms as magma is cooling. It is an imperative sample for lessons on Bowen's reaction series ...
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12 Pack - Raw Breccia, Sedimentary Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
BRECCIA | The large, angular clasts in breccia make it possible to confidently ascertain the depositional history of the rock GREAT FOR GEOLOGY CL...
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12 Pack - Raw Carbonaceous Shale, Sedimentary Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
CARBONACEOUS SHALE | Shale is formed from the cementation and lithification of very small grains of rock, commonly mud or clay. The black color of...
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12 Pack - Raw Chlorite, Metamorphic Mineral Specimens - Approx. 1"
CHLORITE | Chlorite is a metamorphic mineral that has undergone light alteration. During metasomatism, phyllosilicate minerals may become hydrated...
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12 Pack - Raw Coquina, Sedimentary Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
COQUINA | Composed of bone and shell fragments, coquina is nearly 100% fossil matter. Held together by a carbonate cement, this skeletal mass form...
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12 Pack - Raw Diorite, Igneous Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
DIORITE | The minerals within diorite can be readily identified due to their large size, and by comparing the relative abundance of each mineral, ...
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12 Pack - Raw Dolostone, Sedimentary Rocks - Approx. 1"
DOLOSTONE | Composed primarily of carbonate material, dolostone is a more stalwart rock than its chemical cousin, limestone. It is often mined fo...
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12 Pack - Raw Garnet Schist, Metamorphic Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
GARNET SCHIST | A metamorphic rock that has undergone moderate levels of alteration, schist is good for demonstrating the effect of metamorphism o...
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12 Pack - Raw Green Slate, Metamorphic Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
GREEN SLATE | Slate is very lightly metamorphosed and well-foliated. This appearance often makes it difficult to distinguish from its parent rock,...
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12 Pack - Raw Greywacke, Sedimentary Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
GREYWACKE | Graywacke is a sedimentary rock composed of large, angular clasts within a fine-grained clay matrix. Formed during underwater avalanch...
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12 Pack - Raw Gypsum, Mineral Specimens - Approx. 1"
GYPSUM | A sulfate mineral that often forms from evaporating lakes in what is known as an evaporite deposit. Crystals grow into soft, wide sheets,...
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12 Pack - Raw Hornblende, Amphibole Mineral Specimens - Approx. 1"
HORNBLENDE | Hornblende is part of a group of minerals known as amphiboles. These minerals are chemically and structurally similar to pyroxenes, b...
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12 Pack - Raw Phyllite, Metamorphic Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
PHYLLITE | Phyllite is a good example of low-grade metamorphism from an easily recognizable parent rock. The fissile property of slate is retained...
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12 Pack - Raw Red Slate, Metamorphic Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
RED SLATE | Slate is very lightly metamorphosed and well-foliated. This appearance often makes it difficult to distinguish from its parent rock, s...
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12 Pack - Raw Sulfur, Mineral Specimens - Approx. 1"
SULFUR | Sulfur is a popular mineral that forms as a soft precipitate near volcanic vents and springs. This bright yellow mineral has a distinct s...
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12 Pack - White Quartzite, Metamorphic Rock Specimens - Approx. 1"
WHITE QUARTZITE | Quartzite is formed from sandstone that has been tightly compressed to the point where the clasts have recrystallized to form a ...
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12PK Biotite Gneiss Rock Specimen, 1" - Geologist Selected Samples - Eisco Labs
BIOTITE GNEISS | This foliated metamorphic rock usually forms at convergent plate boundaries, and recrystallizes with immense heat and pressure GR...
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12PK Bituminous Coal, Rock Specimen, 1" - Geologist Selected - Eisco Labs
BITUMINOUS COAL | Coal is formed within anoxic environments from compressed organic matter, and a worldwide source of fuel. Its vitreous sheen mak...
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12PK Fine White Marble Specimens, 1" - Geologist Selected Samples - Eisco Labs
FINE WHITE MARBLE | Formed from limestone, this high pressure, low heat alteration leads to a large crystalline rock. Heavily mined for architectu...
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12PK Raw Apatite Mineral Specimens, 1" - Geologist Selected Samples - Eisco Labs
APATITE | Apatite is one of the few common phosphate minerals. While often found as an accessory mineral in igneous rock, it is also found as conc...
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