Mineral Specimen Collections

Close-up images of various mineral samples in vials, documenting their labels and origins from North America and South America, emphasizing their scientific significance.

Mirabilite. minerals. Europe; Spain; Castilla La Vieja Region; Avila Province; San Martin de la Vega

Olivine. minerals. North America; USA; Hawaii

Xenotime. minerals. North America; USA; Georgia; Habersham County; Clarkesville

Schreibersite. minerals. South America; Bolivia; Sao Juliao de Moreira

Jamesonite. minerals. Europe; Romania; Borbatok

Seamanite. minerals. North America; USA; Michigan; Iron County; Iron River; Chicagoan Mine

Mirabilite. minerals. Europe; Spain; Castilla La Vieja Region; Avila Province; San Martin de la Vega

Brushite. minerals. North America; USA; Virginia; Giles County; Pig Hole Cave

Calcite. minerals

Chambersite. minerals. North America; USA; Louisiana; Plaquemines Parish; Venice; salt dome

Enargite. minerals. South America; Chile; Coquimbo Province; cordilleras of Coquimbo

Sperrylite. minerals. North America; USA; Wyoming; Rambler Mine

Epsomite. minerals

Chalcocite. minerals. North America; USA; Georgia; Cherokee County; Canton; Canton Mine

Fibroferrite. minerals. North America; USA; California; Inyo County

Avogadrite. minerals. Europe; Italy; Campania Region; Mt. Vesuvius

Priceite. minerals

Wodginite. minerals. North America; Canada; Manitoba; Winnipeg; Bernic Lake

Boracite. minerals. Europe; Germany; Sehnde, near Lehrte

Copper. minerals. North America; USA; Montana; Silver Bow County; Butte

Apjohnite. minerals. Europe; Italy; Trentino-Alto Adige Region; Bolzano

Uraninite. minerals. South America; Argentina; Cordoba Province; San Javier, Cerro Blanco

Strontium titanate. minerals

Hanksite. minerals. North America; USA; California; San Bernardino County; Trona; Searles Lake

Yttrialite-(Y). minerals. North America; USA; California; Riverside County; Nuevo

Zircon. minerals. Asia; Thailand; Chantaboori

Phosphophyllite. minerals. Europe; Germany; Bavaria, Hagendorf

Melanterite. minerals. Europe; Cyprus; Skouriatissa

Schrockingerite. minerals. North America; USA; Wyoming; Sweetwater County; Wamsutter

Quartz. minerals. North America; USA; New Jersey; Bell Laboratory

Gold. minerals

Boracite. minerals. Europe; Germany; Luneburg

Gypsum. minerals

Triphylite. minerals. North America; USA; Massachusetts; Hampshire County; Norwich

Molybdite. minerals. North America; USA; New Hampshire; Cheshire County; Westmoreland

Polybasite. minerals. Europe; Germany; Saxony; Freiberg; Himmelfahrt Mine

Cinnabar. minerals. Suriname

Beryl. minerals. South America; Brazil; Minas Gerais State; Selegra

Vrbaite. minerals. Europe; Yugoslavia; Vardar Statistical Region; Kavadarci Municipality; Rozden, Majden; Allchar

Pyrope; see notes. minerals. North America; USA; North Carolina; Macon County; Cowee Creek; Mason Branch

Acanthite; Argentite. minerals

Galena. minerals

Spinel. minerals. Asia; Sri Lanka

Sperrylite. minerals. North America; USA; North Carolina; Macon County; Cowee Creek; Mason Branch

Copper. minerals. North America; USA; Michigan; Keweenaw County; Eagle Harbor; Central Mine

Apjohnite. minerals. Europe; Italy; Trentino-Alto Adige Region; Bolzano

Calcite. minerals

Gypsum. minerals. Europe; France; Paris Basin

Topaz. minerals

Linnaeite. minerals. North America; USA; Missouri; Donnelly Mine

Copper nitrate. minerals

Schreibersite. minerals. Europe; France; Bourbonnais Province; Allier Department

Ericaite. minerals. Europe; Germany; Thuringia

Metasideronatrite. minerals. South America; Bolivia; Potosi Department; Quetena

Calcite. minerals. North America; Mexico; Puebla; Tecalli

Iridosmine. minerals

Beryl. minerals. Europe; Italy; Toscana Region; Elba Island; San Piero in Campo

Zinc. minerals

Copper. minerals

Olivine. minerals. North America; USA; Hawaii; Hawaii County; Hilo; shore SE of

Mercury. minerals. North America; USA; California; Napa County; Pioneer Mine

Melanterite. minerals. Europe; Italy; Lipari Islands; Vulcano Island

Cinnabar. minerals. Suriname

Erythrosiderite. minerals. Europe; Italy; Campania Region; Mt. Vesuvius

Sassolite. minerals. Europe; Italy; Sasso, Lagoons of Tuscany

Aegirine. minerals. North America; USA; Arkansas; Garland County; Hot Springs National Park

Perovskite. minerals. Europe; Germany; Baden, Kaiserstuhl

Millosevichite. minerals. Europe; Italy; Lipari Islands; Vulcano Island. Grotta del Allume

Quartz. minerals

NTS A88 853 09-15-88 SANDIA NATIONAL LABS U12N MISTY ECHO IMPEDENCE MISMATCH GAGE ASSY VASQUEZ (Project Engineer) Publication Date: 9/15/1988 GAGE ASSEMBLY; IMPEDENCE MISMATCH GAGE ASSY; MEASURING TAPE; MISTY ECHO; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PLEXIGLASS SAMPLES; SAMPLES; SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; U12N; U12N MISTY ECHO; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Grothine. minerals. Europe; Italy; Campania Region; Nocera

Elemental Lithium Floating in Oil

Diamond. minerals

Corundum. minerals

Tourmaline. minerals. Europe; Italy; Toscana Region; Elba Island

Nesquehonite, HOLOTYPE. minerals. North America; USA; Pennsylvania; Carbon County; Lansford

NTS A88 843 09-15-88 SANDIA NATIONAL LABS U12N MISTY ECHO IMPEDENCE MISMATCH GAGE ASSY VASQUEZ (Project Engineer) Publication Date: 9/15/1988 CASES (OUTER); EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; GAGE ASSEMBLY; IMPEDENCE MISMATCH GAGE ASSY; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MEASURING TAPE; MISTY ECHO; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; U12N; U12N MISTY ECHO; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Anatase. minerals. South America; Brazil; Minas Gerais State; Capao Grosso, Jabolicutubas

Spinel. minerals. Asia; Sri Lanka

Enargite. minerals. South America; Chile; Coquimbo Province; cordilleras of Coquimbo

Opal. minerals. North America; Mexico; Queretaro; Hacienda of Esperanza

Glaucodot. minerals. Europe; Sweden; Hakansboda

Beryl. minerals

Chrysotile asbestos, a serpentine mineral. Cm scale in background.

Zircon. minerals. North America; USA; Pennsylvania; Chester County; East Bradford

A780386 U4F TRANSOM SATELLITE HOLE CANISTER T MCKOWN APR 12 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/12/1978 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MCKOWN, T; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SHAFT TEST; TEST SITES; TRANSOM TEST; U4F; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPON EFFECTS; WEAPONS RELATED; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY; WIRE & CABLES; WIRING; SATELLITE HOLE CANISTER historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Montmorillonite. minerals. North America; USA; South Dakota; Yankton County; Yankton; 4 mi W of, old cement plant, Pierre SH

NTS A88 844 09-15-88 SANDIA NATIONAL LABS U12N MISTY ECHO IMPEDENCE MISMATCH GAGE ASSY VASQUEZ (Project Engineer) Publication Date: 9/15/1988 CASES (OUTER); EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; GAGE ASSEMBLY; IMPEDENCE MISMATCH GAGE ASSY; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MEASURING TAPE; MISTY ECHO; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; U12N; U12N MISTY ECHO; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Crew Module Water Landing Model Assessment (CMWLMA)Test site photos at Aberdeen Test Center Aberdeen Maryland

Copper. minerals. Europe; Ireland

Calcite. minerals. North America; Mexico; Oaxaca; Etla; Magdalena Mines

Gold. minerals

Jeffrey Richards, a project science coordinator working with the Exploration Research and Technology programs at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, prepares containers Feb. 11, 2021, for a Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE). The containers, carrying sets of seeds, will fly aboard Northrop Grummans Cygnus spacecraft as part of NG-15, a NASA commercial resupply mission to the orbiting laboratory targeted for Feb. 20, 2021. They will be placed in the MISSE testing facility, located near the space stations solar arrays, where they will be exposed to the extreme environment of space for six months before returning to Earth for further study.

Cumengeite. minerals. North America; Mexico; Baja California Sur; Santa Rosalia; Boleo

Anhydrite. minerals

Pinilla del Valle (Madrid), 06/09/2015. Archaeological sites of Pinilla del Valle. Neanderthal Valley Project. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

Mirabilite. minerals. North America; USA; Nevada

Copper. minerals. Europe; Germany; Rhineland-Palatinate; Rhein-Lahn-Kreis; Bad Ems

Calcite. minerals. North America; USA; Virginia; Augusta County; Weyers Cave

An artifact found by the Fort McCoy archaeology team members with the Colorado State Universitys (CSU) Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands who work in partnership with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch (NRB) during an archaeological survey July 14, 2022, is shown on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. For several weeks in July, Fort McCoy archaeological team members with NRB and CSU held a special archaeological survey and dig on South Post. The team did their survey in the South Post Housing Area, which also happens to be the oldest areas of the installations origins where Camp Robinson and Camp Emery-Upton once were located. In the actual location of the survey, however, the team was looking at areas around old concrete tent pads that were once part of Camp Robinson.

Calcite. minerals. Europe; Czechoslovakia; Bohemia, Carlsbad

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