TRAVELING TRUNKS
Education Contact: (M-F, 9 am–1 pm)
Diane Schupbach, Education Coordinator
319-273-3276 or diane.schupbach@uni.edu
TRUNK: Rock Box II
Separate Bags of Rocks
Acid Test: Limestone, Quartzite, and HCl acid
Density Tests: Two Geode samples, Pumice, Sandstone, Schist, and Conglomerate
Sound Test: Slate, Shale, and Onyx ball
Touch Tests: Pahoehoe lava and Aa lava
Visual Tests: Gneiss and Schist, Conglomerate and Breccia, Granite and Basalt
Rock Tests
5 bags—each with 6 rocks (Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary; laminated blue signs; Descriptions of the rocks on the back of the blue tags)
Other Materials
Plastic blue container for density test
Postal scale
Ultraviolet lamp with UV Light Safety Sheet
Black sheet used for UV light
16 minerals used with UV light
5 laminated test signs (Acid, Density, Sound, Touch, and Visual)
Blue carrying boxes (3)
Bag of rock candy
