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A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan
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PostPosted: Jan 21, 2012 17:26    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

One of several isles of the systematic minerals gallery. These give a bit of a perspective.


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some colorful carbonates
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some of the sulfides
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PostPosted: Jan 24, 2012 23:41    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

Elements-
Many of the elements have been put on exhibit now (excluding gold and silver). Here are a few of my favorites.



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Antimony
Lake George Antimony mine, New Brunswick, Canada.
large cabinet
We've shown this before, but I love seeing it on display again.
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Graphite
Franklin, NJ and Merelani, Tanzania
cabinet
Two of my favorite graphite specimens. Side by side.
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Spherical Graphite
Franklin, New Jersey
cabinet
This remarkable specimen has spheres of graphite to almost 1 cm across. It is one of the finest such specimens I've seen (and I've looked through the graphite in many of the major museum's in the US and Canada). It is from the E. W. Heinrich collection.
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PostPosted: Jan 27, 2012 00:07    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

This Antimony breaks my mind! ;-)
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PostPosted: Jan 31, 2012 21:28    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

In the spirit of the Tucson show theme, here are a few Arizona minerals newly on exhibit...


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Linarite
Grand Reef Mine, Graham Co., Arizona
hand-size
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Wulfenite
Mammoth St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Arizona
cabinet
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PostPosted: Feb 03, 2012 19:37    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

Here are a few miscellaneous goodies from the new systematic exhibit.


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Rhodonite
Franklin, New Jersey
cabinet
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Kainosite-Y
Bicroft Uranium Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada
miniature
a remarkably large crystal
from the collection of Dr. E. W. Heinrich.
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Anglesite on Galena
Touissit, Morocco
cabinet
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Baryte
cabinet
Meikle Mine, Barrick, Nevada, USA
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PostPosted: Feb 11, 2012 11:56    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

More developments in the systematic gallery: Feldspars, Quartz and other silicates.


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Amethyst
Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico
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Rose Quartz
Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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yellow-colored quartz
Cleora, Colorado, USA (lost locality)
cabinet
Donated by Donald Gabriel
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Quartz (variety Herkimer diamonds)
Middleville, New York, USA
cabinet
Donated by the Seaman Mineral Museum Society
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PostPosted: Feb 12, 2012 21:18    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

A few miscellaneous silicates...


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Zoisite, variety Tanzanite
Merelani district, Tanzania
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Toi, Shizuoka, Japan
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PostPosted: Feb 13, 2012 08:16    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

Hi to everybody!
I saw the graphite specimens from Merelani Tanzania. On the specimen shown on the right side I saw some beautiful and interesting green crystals. What mineral is it? Calcite too or...? I don't think it is just calcite and nothing else! But those crystals are very nice!
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PostPosted: Feb 13, 2012 08:28    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

Hi Riccardo,
I'm sorry I forgot to include the details about the Merelani specimen.
The primary mineral of interest is gemmy diopside. You can see a close up of the
diopside crystals on an earlier page of this thread. The white crystals are mesolite with laumontite (verified by Raman and EDS). The pocket that produced these specimens
also contains gem-quality tremolite, pale zoisite, and lovely pale blue apatite; as well as small crystals of pyrite, siderite, chabazite, and gypsum. Surprisingly- no calcite.
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PostPosted: Mar 01, 2012 23:20    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

The color of the carbonate exhibit is just wonderful. It keeps catching my attention.


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Carbonate exhibit
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N'Chwaning Mine, South Africa
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PostPosted: Mar 01, 2012 23:25    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

Systematic Specimen Sampling


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north of Khyber Pass, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
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Beryl (var. Aquamarine)
Medina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Shattuckite
Kaokoveld Mine, Namibia
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PostPosted: Mar 03, 2012 09:53    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

This remarkable Wulfenite will be in one of the Mineral Forming Environment exhibits.


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San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico
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PostPosted: Mar 03, 2012 10:08    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

John: The quality of the collection at Michigan Tech continues to overwhelm. I am in awe of this collection as well as the beautiful facility that has been created in which to show it off. Please keep the great images coming.
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PostPosted: Mar 03, 2012 13:42    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

Thank you John. George and Susan are doing an amazing job now of setting up the Mineral Forming Environments gallery. It is going to be really interesting! Here is some of the prep work.


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One of four isles of displays to feature mineral forming environments.
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An exhibit of preparation on skarn minerals.
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PostPosted: Apr 08, 2012 09:16    Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan  

A wonderful report, thank you! I was really surprised about the beauty- and colourful sulfurs from Michigan:

https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/files/large_sulfur_celestine_842.jpg
https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/files/sulfur_pair_616.jpg

Never heard of them before. They could be from Sicily, really nice stuff!
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