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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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small herd of Pronghorn Antelope

Did You Know?
Pronghorn, once roaming the plains of North America in numbers second only to Bison, can be found at Bryce Canyon National Park. They are the fastest land mammal on the continent and only the second fastest mammalian runner in the whole world, reaching speeds of up to 60 mph!
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Last Updated: May 18, 2007 at 13:34 MST