Bryce Canyon National Park - Rocks & Minerals Discovery Chest (U.S. National Park Service)

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Bryce Canyon National Park

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	Bryce Canyon National Park Rocks & Minerals Discovery Chest

Contents of Rocks & Minerals Discovery Chest

7 - 10X Magnifying Lenses
20 - Glass Hardness Plates
25 - Streak Plates
2 - Plastic Bottles
6 - Safety Glasses
Shadows of Time, 1 hour video, VHS and DVD

Mineral Collection with testing chips
Cleavage Collection
Moh's Hardness Scale Collection
Luster Collection
Classroom Minerals Collection
Large rock and mineral samples with description cards

Rocks and Minerals Discovery Chest, containing samples of rock, minerals, and other tools to enable students to learn about rocks and minerals

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Discovery Chest and contents

Some of the rocks and minerals included: (shown below)

Bituminous Shale
Chalcopyrite
Copper
Hematite
Marble
Magnetite
Obsidian

Pumice
Pyrite
Quartz
Schist
Shale
Slate
Talc

Rock and Mineral Samples, thirty six minerals are in the portion of the photo and smaller, three large rock samples are at the bottom of the photo.

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Rock and Mineral Samples available in the Discovery chest

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			Did You Know? Bryce Canyon, first designated Bryce Canyon National Monument on June 8, 1923; reached National Park status on September 15, 1928. more...

Last Updated: May 18, 2007 at 13:34 EST