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Product Fact Sheets

Mini Me Geology

Product Fact Sheet

Samples obtained worldwide. Rock Detectives box made in China. All other components made the USA. All products assembled in the USA.

Mini Me Geology’s rock and mineral kits are designed to spark an interest in the Earth and science with collections of 6 to 40 fantastic rocks and minerals.

Mini Me Geology products are ideal for elementary through high school-aged kids and parents interested in science, home school families and science school teachers.

My Rockin’ Collection! Kits - Deluxe Editions:

Each rock and mineral comes with a customized identification card or brochure (mineral kit), which includes a photo and fun facts such as color, hardness, luster, texture, content, uses, locales, and interesting features.

Children can identify each mineral using the streak plates (mineral kit), hand magnifier, and identification information.

• My Rockin’ Collection! Kits - Junior Editions:

Each rock and mineral kit comes with a customized identification poster, which includes a photo and fun facts such as color, hardness, luster, texture, content, uses, locales, and interesting features.

• Rock Detective Kits:

Children are able to use the information on the included CD and the hand magnifier to identify their samples and to learn about
the different themes of each kit.

Each CD features educational information as well as fun activities and games that can be performed by themselves and with their friends and family.

• Colossal Rock and Mineral Kit

Each rock and mineral kit comes with a customized identification poster, which includes a photo and fun facts such as color, hardness, luster, texture, content, uses, locales, and interesting features.

Children are able to use the information on the poster, the black and white streak plates and the hand magnifier to identify their samples and to learn about the differences between rock and minerals.

• Rock Cycle Kit

Children are able to use the information on the included CD and the hand magnifier to identify their samples and to learn about the rock cycle.

Each CD features educational information as well as fun activities and games that can be performed by themselves and with their friends and family.

Mini Me Geology supports its kits with free information on “Dig into Geology” on the web.

MiniMeGeology.com allows customers:

to learn how to use streak plates, hand magnifiers and
the information in the kits

to learn more about the similarities and differences
of the samples

to read and print ideas for simple experiments and
activities using the rocks and minerals or other household items

to sign up for Mini Me Geology’s monthly newsletter
which features information on a variety of geology topics, rocks and minerals
and geology careers

to submit a question online to “Ask a Geologist” and
receive a video answer from our geologist

Products:
My Rockin’ Collection! Minerals

15 large mineral samples: augite, azurite, beryl,
calcite, fluorite, garnet, gypsum, halite, kyanite, magnetite, malachite,
olivine, milky quartz, amethyst, and sodalite

Hand magnifier

White streak plate

Black streak plate

Identification card for each mineral

Sturdy compartment box with snug latches for secure and
organized storage

My Rockin’ Collection! Metamorphic Rocks

10 large metamorphic rock samples: amphibolite, anthracite
coal, gneiss, hornfels, marble, phyllite, quartzite, mica schist, garnet
schist, and slate

Hand magnifier

Identification card for each rock

Sturdy compartment box with snug latches for secure and
organized storage

My Rockin’ Collection! Igneous Rocks

15 large igneous rock samples: anorthosite,
basalt, carbonatite, diorite, gabbro, granite, monzonite, obsidian,
pegmatite, peridotite, pumice, rhyolite, syenite, trachyte, and volcanic
breccia

Hand magnifier

Identification card for each rock

Sturdy compartment box with snug latches for secure and
organized storage

My Rockin’ Collection! Sedimentary Rocks

10 large sedimentary rock samples: arkose,
bituminous coal, conglomerate, coquina, loess, fine-grained limestone,
oolitic limestone, sandstone, shale, and siltstone

Hand magnifier

Identification card for each rock

Sturdy compartment box with snug latches for secure and
organized storage

Junior My Rockin’ Collection! Minerals

10 large mineral samples: augite, calcite, fluorite, gypsum, halite,
kyanite, magnetite, olivine, amethyst and sodalite

Identification poster

Plastic tube for secure and organized storage

Junior My Rockin’ Collection! Metamorphic Rocks

10 large metamorphic rock samples: amphibolite, anthracite coal, gneiss,
hornfels, marble, phyllite, quartzite,
mica schist, garnet schist, and slate

Identification poster

Plastic tube for secure and organized storage

Junior My Rockin’ Collection! Igneous Rocks

10 large igneous rock samples: basalt, granite, monzonite, obsidian,
pegmatite, pumice, rhyolite, syenite, trachyte, and volcanic
breccia

Identification poster

Plastic tube for secure and organized storage

Junior My Rockin’ Collection! Sedimentary Rocks

10 large sedimentary rock samples: arkose, bituminous coal, conglomerate,
coquina, loess, fine-grained limestone, oolitic limestone, sandstone, shale,
and siltstone

Identification poster

Plastic tube for secure and organized storage

Rock Detectives: Mineral Mission

6 large mineral samples: lepidolite, rhodonite,
limonite, tourmaline, epidote, amazonite

Hand magnifier

CD with over 25 pages of educational information,
activities, experiments, and puzzles

Rock Detectives: Sedimentary Sleuthing

6 large rock samples: coal, breccia,
fossiliferous limestone, sandstone, shale, conglomerate

Hand magnifier

CD with over 25 pages of educational information,
activities, experiments, and puzzles

Rock Detectives: Metamorphic Mystery

6 large rock samples: slate, tourmaline schist,
quartzite, marble, gneiss, amphibolite

Hand magnifier

CD with over 25 pages of educational information,
activities, experiments, and puzzles

Rock Detectives: Igneous Investigation

6 large rock samples: granite, snowflake
obsidian, andesite, scoria, volcanic breccia, pegmatite

Hand magnifier

CD with over 25 pages of educational information,
activities, experiments, and puzzles

Rock Detectives: Crystal Geometry

6 large mineral samples: mica sheets, fluorite
octahedron, rhombic calcite, citrine druze, pyrite, oco egg

Hand magnifier

CD with over 25 pages of educational information,
activities, experiments, and puzzles

Rock Detectives: Crystal Experiment

7 large mineral samples: blue calcite, Iceland
spar calcite, magnetite, halite, jasper, sulfur, hematite

Hand magnifier

CD with over 25 pages of educational information,
activities, experiments, and puzzles

The Rock Cycle Kit

20 large sedimentary rock samples: calcite, granite,
marble, limestone, quartz, basalt, gneiss, sandstone, feldspar, gabbro,
amphibolite, shale, pyroxene, rhyolite, quartzite, arkose, mica, syenite,
slate, conglomerate

Identification chart

Hand magnifier

36 page, full-color eBook on CD that includes
information on all of your samples, rock and mineral flow charts for identification
activities, pages to create your own geologist’s notebook, rock cycle
information and activities and word puzzles

The Colossal Rock and Minerals

Hand magnifier

White and Black Streak Plates

10 Large Mineral Samples: amethyst, augite, calcite,
fluorite, gypsum, halite, kyanite, magnetite, olivine and sodalite

10 Large Igneous Rock Samples: basalt, granite,
monzonite, obsidian, pegmatite, pumice, rhyolite, syenite, trachyte and
volcanic breccia

10 Large Sedimentary Rock Samples: arkose, bituminous
coal, conglomerate, coquina, loess, limestone, sandstone, shale, siltstone
and oolitic limestone

10 Large Metamorphic Rock Samples: amphibolite, gneiss,
hornfels, marble, phyllite, quartzite, mica schist, slate, garnet schist
and anthracite coal

4 Identification Posters for your samples: Minerals,
Igneous Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks and Sedimentary rocks that include
identification information, features, locations and uses of each sample

Individual Rock, Mineral and Fossil Samples

Each sample comes with an informational card to educate
children on the formation and interesting facts about the specimen