WASHINGTON — If it’s not already on public display, most of the good stuff in the Smithsonian National Gem and Mineral Collection is stored in the Blue Room, somewhere in the basement of the Museum of ...
MSRL copy Purchased from the Cullman Endowment. "Dr. Jeffrey E. Post, curator of the National Gem Collection for more than 25 years, separates fact from fiction in an all-new and original book, ...
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Modern mineral collecting has its roots in the 16th century. Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), a German scientist and father of mineralogy and mineral collecting, published “De Re Metallica,” a treatise ...