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