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Colorado School of Mines Museum of Geology

Colorado School of Mines Museum of Geology

The Geology Museum at the Colorado School of Mines started as a mineral cabinet, but today the museum has approximately 50,000 minerals, fossils, gemstones, and artifacts. Exhibits include Minerals from Colorado, Colorado Mining Heritage and Artifacts, Gold & Silver Display, Gemstones Rough & Cut, Mineral Properties & Earth History, Special Radioactive Exhibits, and Fossils. The Museum offers three types of hands-on educational kits which are loaned to teachers and the public, and include Rock and Mineral Kits, Fossil Kits, and Teaching Trunks, which cover a wide range of geologic concepts including the rock cycle, mineral properties, fossils, crystallography, and gemstones.
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Material Type:
Collection
Date Added to MERLOT:
August 3, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 3, 2016
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Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
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Website
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Not specified at this time
Language:
English
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No
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