The University Museum collection has been housed in the lower level of the Flandrau Planetarium for over ten years. It is not easily accessible to the public, but soon will be. With the opening of the new Museum, not only will the collection be on well-documented display but will be joined by special mineral exhibits and educational galleries as part of a new concept in earth science mineral museums.
The new Museum will reside in a Spanish colonial mission-style building of 12,000 square feet in the heart of the world’s most famous mineral city. The renovation of the building includes all the required safety measures and handicap accessible elements.
I’m excited about this for many reasons, including that Professor Dr. Bob Downs, head of the University of Arizona Geoscience Department and other university staff, insisted that local experienced mineral collectors advise on this project. This decision took advantage of the collectors’ combined thousands of weeks of collecting experiences and vast knowledge of Arizona minerals and mines. The knowledge is invaluable, as the Museum plans include featuring the best of Arizona mining and minerals. Serving on the volunteer Advisory Group are Dr. Gene Meieran, Dr. Rob Lavinsky, Les Presmyk, Robbie McCarty, Dr. Peter Megaw, and my son Evan Jones. I know all of them well, and they are involved in the famous Tucson Gem and Mineral Show®.
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MORGAN HILL POPPY JASPER
In California, there are very few places to collect semi-precious stones. Many locations from the past have been either exhausted of the material or the land has been developed.
THE ACORN
The briolette gemstone has the same design attributes of a regular gemstone, however, the pavilion is elongated and the crown is usually domed. This is perfect for an elegant pendant, earrings or a pendulum.
HOW TO PUT A PROTECTIVE CAP ON A CAB
To protect a specimen cab, often a cap is needed. In my case, I had a slab with the because of the color of the background and the pattern. This background had a more silicified consistency than most sandstones. It had no graininess like most sandstone, so I'm inclined to compare it to a jasper. The pattern was typical of a dendrite.
The Resilient Revival of Anne Brontë & Her Stones
For the first time, the Anne Brontë rock collection underwent complete description and identification, and along with Professor Hazel Hutchison of Leeds University and Dr. Enrique Lozano Diz at ELODIZ (a company specializing in spectroscopy analysis), an analysis of that collaboration, Anne Brontë and Geology: A Study of her Collection of Stones, was published in April 2022 in Volume 47, Issue 2 of the peer-reviewed journal, Brontë Studies & Gazette.\"
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