MANSFIELD - Local Mansfield Memorial Museum curator Scott Schaut said it's amazing the way things come back to museums including a mineral collection with aragonite, gypsum and marble. Last Saturday, ...

The William & Mary Department of Geology has acquired a world-class mineral collection that geologists say will be a valuable resource in the department for many years. Professor Brent Owens of the ...

The James Madison University Mineral Museum is re-opening its doors and offering the public a first look at the extraordinary collection of mineral specimens in the Peter L. Via Collection. Very few ...

German mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner was born in 1749 in Wehrau, at the time a city in the Prussian kingdom. Werner was educated at Freiberg and Leipzig, where he studied law and mining. In 1775 ...

From an early age, Charles Darwin collected minerals even if, as he himself laments, 'I continued collecting minerals with much zeal, but quite unscientifically--all that I cared about was a new-named ...

Bruce Dice believes his mineral collection is a tribute to the artist that created the exquisite pieces: “When you see the beautiful things that God has created, you want to keep them in front of you ...

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 ...

Rocks in the Gillespie Museum’s fluorescent room are a popular attraction for visitors. When exposed to ultraviolet light, the plain rocks glow with hot pinks, blues and other colors. Stetson ...