Did you know that the Section of Minerals has the most nearly complete and comprehensive collection of Pennsylvania minerals in the world?
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A Couple of Rock Stars
After 25 years at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Curator of Collections for the Section of Minerals, Marc Wilson, retired in August 2017. Marc began managing the museum’s impressive mineral and gem collection in 1992 and greatly improved the collection and exhibition halls during his tenure.
In 2007 Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems was renovated and expanded with the addition of Wertz Gallery: Gems and Jewelry. He received the Friends of Mineralogy Award of Merit and was recognized as EFMLS Honoree for the 2001 AFMS Scholarship Award. He was inducted into the National Rockhound and Lapidary Hall of Fame in 2001 and served as a consulting editor for Rocks & Minerals since 1998. Collection Assistant Debra Wilson will now serve as Collection Manager for the Section of Minerals at Carnegie Museum.
Congrats to both Marc and Deb!
Hey, Volcano, What’re You Cooking Up?
Hey, Volcano, What’re You Cooking Up?
Quartz var fire agates were formed during a period of volcanism when hot water, saturated with silica and iron oxide, repeatedly filled cracks and bubbles in the surrounding rock.
(photo by Debra Wilson)
Rutile Epi Hematite
Found in Brazil, this rutile epi hematite specimen is part of the oxide mineral class.
Neptunite on Natrolite from California
Neptunite on natrolite from California
New Mineral Specimens
Collection managers Marc and Deb Wilson from the Section of Minerals recently attended the Geofair
Show in Cincinnati, where they displayed an exhibit on the quirks of quartz.
They also acquired new mineral specimens for the collection, two of which are planned for future
exhibit—wulfenite from China and pargasite on marble from Vietnam.
