A friend of mine bought the kit off the website which you refer to and the specimens were decently sized (depending upon their rarity) some were golf ball sized and others were mostly about half that. But because of how specialized the list is there really arent many options for kits that satisfy the list in one go. I personally went out and bought the ones my personal collection lacked (which was by no means cheap) in order to have a specimen for each mineral/rock listed. So for price and convenience the Wards kit is really the best option that I have come across. The one downside is that once you have worked with them for a while you build up a bias to a specific look for each mineral, so even now I will go to my local museum, stores and online to look at different specimens.KimmHersh wrote:Can anyone recommend a good rocks and minerals kit for kids to practice with? Wards Science has the official Science Olympiad one, but the samples sound small (5/8")?? I also found one from AMEP?
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