Online Exhibits

 

Rare Earths (Not Really Rare)

Slide showing bastnasite and explaining why we call rare earth elements rare.

Autunite

The mineral autunite glowing green.

Azurite

The mineral azurite which contains copper which is valuable to the industry

Bastnäsite

The mineral Bastnasite which is an ore of rare earth elements.

3D Images
3D Images of minerals, meteorites, and rocks from the MGMH's collection.

Womenclature
Since the late 1780’s naming minerals after people has been a popular convention in mineral nomenclature. Around half of all minerals are named after people. Despite this, very few minerals are named after women. Out of the 5493 unique minerals currently...