In “Cellphone: Unseen Connections” mineral specimens like this quartz from the museum’s collection are featured alongside technology like this iPhone 3G (left) and Qualcomm Snapdragon ...

shapes and sizes - meaning every mineral specimen is unique. There are over 5,000 known minerals, with around 100 more being discovered every year. Each mineral species varies because every one is ...

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

jewelry and mineral specimens on Earth. Running all the way from Saturday, Jan. 28 to Sunday, Feb. 12, collectors may now admire and/or purchase these unique exhibits. Over a dozen showcases ...

A mineral specimen that’s been in the collections for 175 years has turned out to also be a dinosaur egg. It was collected long before these were first scientifically recognised and is potentially one ...

For years, the show has featured a one-person exhibit of specimens from the personal collections of mineral collectors from around the country. This year, the show is breaking tradition with co ...

Mineral collecting has gone through several eras. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, European royalty amassed rare specimens as evidence of imperial reach and wealth. A hundred years ago ...

Flooding has now made the lower levels of the mine inaccessible, causing the older collected specimens to sell at a high price. Many mineral specimens from the mine have a barite matrix.

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