Getting to spend a day in the Mineral Museum at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado has been on the "Wish" list for many years so it was very nice to get the opportunity this past July.
I have been fairly "dreading" the chore of going back through and sorting and editing the 430 pictures I took that day visiting the campus and museum, but, now that the gauntlet has been opened, I've been enjoying it, and I hope you enjoy some of it, too.

The school has a beautiful historic campus nestled in a basin of the very mountains that provide a lot of their classroom fieldwork.
Here's a couple pics from campus and then walking up to the museum entrance. The large white rock outside the entrance is a big piece of the world famous marble from Marble, Colorado. One of the "purest" marbles in the world.

The first section is a few Quartz specimens for Scott.
I had to include a couple pictures of the first specimen because of the way they had the lighting.

My personal favorite Beryl.
And we will come back to the Emerald later.

Great photos, Joe.  Thanks for including beryl pics for me.  Unfortunately, they mislabeled the NC emerald.  Yes, it's from Hiddenite, but not the Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., NC!

Dennis

There is a collection of beautiful mineral specimens from Missouri by Kevin Conroy.

HA! Very interesting, Dennis! That didn't even register with me. I just assumed they got "Hiddenite" right.
Speaking of "errors" in the Emerald section. Look at the "beryl" on the far right of this picture.
And I'm going to be coming back to Brazil briefly.

Thanks, Dennis. I was wondering the same thing. Since the beryl is pretty obviously green, atleast to me, I was wondering how they could make such an obvious error? Maybe it isn't?
But good eye on the Hiddenite label. I looked right at it and read it and it just didn't register.
One last point of interest on the Emeralds.
This is not the place to go into the similarities between Brazilian and Crabtree Emerald Mine material, but there are many. From the pegmatite matrix cabochon material to the emeralds, it would make a good thread some time.
Anyway, I thought this a good example.
First pic from the CSM Museum and the second my find from the Crabtree.

Oh yes, FYI, upcoming "sections" will be Fluorite, Colorado and vicinity, International Misc., Gold and Silver, and Rare Earth minerals.

International Gold and Silver