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The museum got its start in 1918 by way of a donation from geologist Joseph Winthrop Spencer. His 1,100 mineral and rock specimen formed the basis of the early museum. The museum has grown over the years through various donations. [citation needed] Part of the collection is on display for the benefit of students.
Creedite specimen, 11 x 7 x 3 cm, from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico; formerly in the Perkins D. Sams collection. Mineral collecting is the hobby of systematically collecting, identifying and displaying mineral specimens. Mineral collecting can also be a part of the profession of mineralogy and allied geologic specialties
Fluorescence and Phosphorescence - displays of mineral fluorescence and phosphorescence. Locality Suites - illustrates the diversity of mineral species that come from a single geographic environment and how they impacted civilizations. Pennsylvania Minerals and Gems - specimens representing some of the finest minerals and gems from Pennsylvania.
Rich specimen from a 2009 gold discovery by a prospector in southeastern Yukon Territory. The gold, deposited along a fracture, appears rusty-orange in this photo. Prospecting is the first stage of the geological analysis (followed by exploration) of a territory. It is the search for minerals, fossils, precious
Opened in 1997, the museum's collections date to the 1930s with the museum housed in a home built to display the rock and mineral collections of the museum founders. The ranch-style home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the first of its kind listed in Oregon. In 2015 the museum became a Smithsonian Affiliate museum.
Local minerals room – here you can find collections with more than 5,000 mineral specimens on display. It is one of the biggest and most diverse collections of minerals in the world. It includes important ore minerals, pegmatite, volcanic rocks, and others. Fluorescent minerals room – here you can explore the surreal display of fluorescent ...
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Items on display Henderson Augen Gneiss in the museum. The AAA boasts that the petrology and natural history museum features a variety of "gems, minerals, geodes and fossils from around the world." [5] The regional exhibits include dozens of stone and mineral specimens from North Carolina, and a long wall of local Henderson Augen Gneiss.