Some images from the Geology Museum at the Colorado School of Mines.
Gold on Sphalerite and Galena. Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Samples of cuprite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). |
Cuprite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). |
This is a sample of cuprite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). |
This is a sample of cuprite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |
This is a sample of cuprite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |
This is a sample of cuprite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Stronitium sulphate on sulphur. Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |
This is a sample of fluorite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |
This is a sample of fluorite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |
This is a sample of fluorite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |
In this case the cuprite, from Namibia, has been cut and polished. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Pyrite (fools gold), Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Adamite on Limonite, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Calcite, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Azurite with Malachite, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Pyrite (fools gold), Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Fluorite cubes, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Fluorite, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
lead and molybdenum oxide, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Wlulfenite, lead-molybdenum oxide, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Thomsonite, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Widmanstatten plates in a meteorite, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
A rock brought back from the moon, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
A rock brought back from the moon, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |
Forms corresponding to cubic symmetry, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Orthorhombic system, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Tetragonal system, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Hexagonal system, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Monoclinic system, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |
Triclinic system, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |