Please update your links to http://mtsu.edu/~mineral --- Now open Saturdays and by appointment
Email Dr. Albert Ogden aogden@mtsu.edu
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MINERAL, GEM, AND
One of the world's finest displays of exquisite calcite, fluorite, barite, and sphalerite specimens from the Tennessee Elmwood zinc mine
Displays of native elements, oxides, sulfides, carbonates, sulfates, and silicates
Collection of petrified wood from around the country
Large specimens of amethyst, quartz, and calcite
Big plates of Moroccan fossils
Displays of birthstones: polished, faceted, and in the rough
Collection of Tennessee fossils and others from around the world
Black light room filled with fluorescent specimens
A display explaining mineral properties
Educational posters on topics such as plate tectonics, volcanism, earthquakes, caves, sinkholes, and groundwater pollution
Open area with screen and projection equipment for presentation to school groups
Website: http://mtsu.edu/~mineral
Contact: Dr. Albert Ogden, museum curator,
(615) 898-4877, aogden@mtsu.edu
Department of Geosciences
MTSU Box 9, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Long-term loans of specimens or tax-deductable donations are welcomed and publicly acknowledged!