Rock & Mineral Identification Charts
You can have fun learning about rocks and minerals with this colorful set of rock and mineral identification flyers. These are the same flyers included in our Junior and School kit and are an inexpensive way to introduce rocks and minerals to new geologists. Each flyer features 10 of the most common samples found in nature. Each set of flyers includes one each of minerals, igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks and sedimentary rocks.
The mineral flyer includes augite, calcite, fluorite, gypsum, halite, kyanite, magnetite, olivine, amethyst, and sodalite.
The igneous rock flyer includes basalt, granite, monzonite, obsidian, pegmatite, pumice, rhyolite, syenite, trachyte and volcanic breccia.
The metamorphic rock flyer includes amphibolite, gneiss, hornfels, pink marble, phyllite, quartzite, schist, slate, garnet schist, and anthracite coal.
The sedimentary rock flyer includes arkose, bituminous coal, conglomerate, coquina, loess, fine-grained limestone, banded sandstone, shale, siltstone, and oolitic limestone.
Get your set of rock and mineral flyers now.
Filed under: Geology / Earth Science, Geology Education, Minerals & Crystals, Rocks - Igneous, Sedimentary & Metamorphic on December 5th, 2011
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