Our newest science kits are perfect for beginning geologists, home school families, and schools. Each kit comes with 10 samples and an identification flyer with details about each rock or mineral and a photo.
Filed under: Minerals, Rocks on August 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
Discover some of the Earth’s most magnificent rocks in this Igneous rock collection. Fifteen amazing samples will give you a sneak peek into both intrusive and extrusive rocks. Each rock comes with an identification card which includes a photo and fun rock facts. Try to identify each rock using the hand magnifier and information cards. If you need a hint, the name of each rock is beneath the foam padding.
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on December 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
Get all 6 Rock Detectives kits for the price of 5 when you buy the full set. Each kit comes complete with six or 7 cool rock or mineral samples, a hand magnifier and a CD with 30 pages of rock and mineral information, sample identification activities, puzzles, coloring pages, and experiments. Other fun activities on the CD include creating your own adventure story, making a personal geologist’s field notebook and your very own rock collection box!
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on December 9th, 2009 | No Comments »
I love metamorphic rocks. To think that each of these rocks once was a different rock and just because of some really high heat and squeezing, they became something new is really cool! Here are some details on our My Rockin’ Collection Metamorphic Rocks kit. I think you’ll agree that these rocks are cool.
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Rocks on December 5th, 2009 | No Comments »
We have something for everyone on your gift list! This week, save 10% off of your entire order with coupon code ROCK10. Just enter the coupon code when you checkout!
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on November 19th, 2009 | No Comments »
Children will love to solve this Metamorphic Mystery from Mini Me Geology. Your Metamorphic Mystery kit comes complete with six neat rock samples: red slate, tourmaline schist, pink quartzite, white marble, granitoid gneiss and amphibolite. Also included in the kit is a hand magnifier and a CD with 30 pages of mineral information, sample [...]
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on October 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
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Shop for rock kits for kids, My Rockin’ Collection dexlue kits, our new Rock Detectives Mineral Mission kit, individual rocks, minerals, streak plates and hand magnifiers. Shopping for your classroom? All of our School Edition kits are ready for you! Shop now at www.MiniMeGeology.com!
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on September 25th, 2009 | No Comments »
A streak test is one tool that geologists use to determine the identity of a mineral. The “streak” is the color of the mineral in powdered form. Some minerals will have a streak color that is the same as the outer color of the mineral while others will have a streak color that is very different from the outer color.
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on September 17th, 2009 | No Comments »
Question: What is the name of sand grains cemented together?
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on September 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
A new shipment of wonderful grossular garnet crystals have arrived. Beautiful grossular garnet mineral from Mexico is one of six varieties of garnet. Each single crystal shows the natural dodecahedral form of the garnet group. These samples, from Mexico, are approximately 0.75 to 1 inch in size.
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Minerals, Rocks on September 10th, 2009 | No Comments »
