Gems and Minerals

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The Gems and Minerals exhibit at NHMU.

Rough mineral forms are juxtaposed with elegant cut gemstones, all in brilliant colors.

Peer in to see minerals that fluoresce and take in 12 vertical feet of minerals suspended before you.

The Gems and Minerals exhibition is located in the O.C. Tanner Hall.

Exhibition Events & News

  • Calcite crystals

    Mineralogy

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    What is Calcite

    Learn more about the mineral calcite from experts at the Natural History Museum of Utah.

  • Quartz crystals grow on the surface of elbaite crystals.

    Mineralogy

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    What is Tourmaline?

    Lean more about the mineral tourmaline from a mineralogy expert at the Natural History Museum of Utah.

  • Red beryl gemstone

    Mineralogy

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    NHMU's Hidden Minerals

    See more of the amazing Utah minerals stored in the collections at NHMU.

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