Colorado School of Mines Museum of Earth Science

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Title:

Colorado School of Mines Museum of Earth Science

Url:

https://www.mines.edu/museumofearthscience/

Publisher:

Colorado School of Mines

Description: 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.

LC Classification:

Bibliography. Library science. Information resources (General) -- Subject bibliography -- Geology. Mineralogy. Paleontology -- Special topics, A-Z -- Paleontology. Paleobotany. Fossils
Science -- Geology
Science -- Geology -- Mineralogy
Science -- Geology -- Museums. Exhibitions

GEM Subject:

Science -- Earth science
Science -- Geology

Key Concept:

Geology -- Fossils
Geology -- Minerals

Resource Type:

Collection

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator

Education Level:

High School
Middle School
Higher Education
Elementary School
Higher Education -- Graduate/Professional
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)

Language:

English

Rights:

Colorado School of Mines

Access Rights:

Free access

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