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Box of Polished Rocks
About fifty beautifully polished rocks and minerals in a multitude of colors in a wooden box with an acrylic window.
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Fluorescent Marbles (package of 5)
Made with Uranium atoms, these marbles will fluoresce a bright green under a black light! Very cool, and safe.
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Fluorescent Mineral Set
Common fluorescent minerals, sensitive to long-wave ultraviolet (UVA) light, that can be made to fluoresce using any of the fluorescent "black lights" we carry.
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Fulgurite - Lightning Fused Sand
What happens when nearly 1 billion Joules of lighting energy strikes sand? These tubular formations are typical of the result!
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Geodes for Splitting (package of 6)
These whole, unopened geodes and can be easily split open, using an ordinary hammer, to reveal a variety of crystal formations within.
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Geodes Slices
Set of six slices of highly polished geodes. You can clearly see each layer of the different minerals.
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Giant Pumice
The largest volcanic Pumice sample we have ever seen... and it still floats! Available in giant and melon-sized.
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Graphite from the Franklin Pierce Mine
Show students a chunk of graphite from an old historic mine in New Hampshire. They will be fascinated with the idea of writing with a piece of mineral.
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Hardness / Streak Test Kit
Help identify a mineral by determining its hardness and performing a streak test.
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Large Silicon Boule - Supplies Limited
This large single crystal of silicon is extremely pure, 99.999%.
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Meteorite Fragments
Authentic meteorites from a number of significant falls. Choose from stony or iron meteorites.
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Mica By The Pound
Everyone loves to pull apart the layers from a specimen of mica.
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Mineral Sorting Kit
Students use a simple identification 'key' to sort 15 small rough and polished rock and mineral samples.
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Native Copper Nuggets
These beautiful nuggets of native copper were found in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan.
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Natural Copper Samples
Metallic copper in a rock matrix. These beautiful, polished slices come from Michigan.
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Naturally Magnetic Lodestone (Magnetite)
Lodestone is a natural magnet that will attract objects such as staples, iron filings and needles.
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Petrified Wood - With A Twist
One end of each sample has been highly polished, allowing students to observe much more detail within the structure of the fossil.
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Polished Anthracite
Polished anthracite (95% carbon) is an interesting example of an element classified as a metalloid, having properties of both metals and non-metals.
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Pyrite Cubes
Cubic specimens of FeS2, formed over 100 million years ago by sulfur reacting with iron.
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Rock and Bone Grab Bags
Each bag contains an assortment of shark teeth, dinosaur bone and polished rock fragments. Assembled from odds and ends at a rock and fossil shop, each bag is unique!
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Rocks with Windows
These ordinary looking rocks are made of quartz and have a polished side which allows you to see inside.
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Rocks, Fossils, Minerals & Gems
Each set of 21 specimens comes in a labeled, 7" x 3.5" display case that can be opened for closer inspection. Three different sets available.
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Silicon Lumps
Yes, this is the same stuff they make computer chips from...
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Slices of Pure Silicon
Pure silicon slices are the actual starting material for most integrated circuits.
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Small Geode Pairs
Beautiful 1 to 2 inch (2.5 cm to 5.0 cm) geodes, cut open and polished.
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Sticky Stones
Don't be fooled by these seemingly normal stones; they're magnetic!
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