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News & Updates

Apr 17 2013

Spring newsletter posted.


Feb 21 2013

Winter newsletter posted.


Dec 6 2012

The Dom Pedro aquamarine is now on display in the Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals.


Sep 26 2012

Fall newsletter posted.


Sep 18 2012

Fall seminar schedule posted.


June 19 2012

View this year's additions to the National Gem Collection on our New Acquistions page.


Department news »

Hope Diamond
Hope Diamond
This Dynamic Planet Map
This Dynamic Planet Map
Global Volcanism Program - Photo by Norm Banks, USGS
Global Volcanism Program
Gem Gallery
Gem Gallery with New Acquisitions
The Dynamic Earth
The Dynamic Earth
Antarctic Meteorite Program
Antarctic Meteorite Program

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Upcoming Mineral Sciences Seminars
May 8   Large-magnitude extension in the middle to upper crust: an example from the Buckskin-Rawhide metamorphic core complex, west-central Arizona   John Singleton
George Mason University
May 14   To be announced   Jared Marske
Carnegie Institution of Washington
May 22   To be announced   Sami Mikhail
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Full seminar schedule and details »

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