A $7 million private collection of hundreds of rare mineral specimens has been donated to the UA's Science Center, and some of the most striking pieces will be publicly unveiled during a special ...

What's not to like about mineral specimens? They sparkle ... There's a single aquamarine in Marc's collection that, as a single crystal, is worth about $150,000; on a matrix, it would be worth ...

The majority of the specimens destined for display have never been seen by the public before, having spent years in the Museum's research collection. In some cases they needed a thorough clean. These ...

And taking a close look at the atomic elements and structures present in minerals can account for their blue hues. The vibrant stripes on this mandarinfish specimen ... turn the whole cake blue ...

In 1883 an agate specimen was registered in the Natural History Museum’s Mineralogy Collection. Collected in central ... activity with huge lava flows that covered the whole area.” “In terms of ...

Meet kyawthuite, a mineral so rare that it exists in just one known specimen, a stunning gemstone unearthed near Mogok, ...

THE geological survey of Canada, under the direction of Mr. Selwyn, F.R.S., has placed in the Philadelphia Exhibition a collection of minerals and rock specimens of much interest, as they very ...

Cornwall's mining and mineral wealth triggered the development ... rich copper lodes in Gwennap so the Rashleigh collection is very rich in specimens from this area. His near complete, beautifully ...

How are museum specimens collected, and is there a more ethical way to do so? How can technology help implement that change? Making a Case For Compassionate Collection In an ... in ancient DNA ...

A collection ... s Mineral Museum. The Richard F. West Meteorite Collection was unveiled on Friday and includes everything from primitive chondrites and dense iron-nickel specimens to rare ...

What research can be done into the practice of how to ethically decolonise rock and mineral collections ... associated with the collection only reference descriptions, scientific and curatorial ...