The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum (MMGM) is a geology museum located in Bethel, Maine. It displays a collection of rocks, minerals, and meteorites. The...
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billion years old, and is believed to be the oldest known volcanic rock on Earth. It is held at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. "Erg Chech 002". The...
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of Natural History in New York and to the Museum of Natural History in Paris. Morgan was one of the most important gem collectors in the early 1900s –...
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(32 pounds) and is on display at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. There are three groups of Martian meteorite: shergottites, nakhlites and chassignites...
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Mineral". State of Louisiana. Retrieved 2012-06-12. "RS 49:163 State Gem". State of Louisiana. Retrieved 2012-06-12. "Maine Symbols". State of Maine....
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Bumpus Quarry (category Mining in Maine)
904. "Board of Trustees". Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. Retrieved 2019-09-06. "Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA". mindat.org. Retrieved 2019-09-06...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Museums in Maine. This list of museums in Maine is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including...
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Tourmaline (category Aluminium minerals)
1900s, Maine and California were the world's largest producers of gem tourmalines. The Empress Dowager Cixi of China loved pink tourmaline and bought...
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Beryl (category Hexagonal minerals)
is a mineral composed of beryllium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Be3Al2Si6O18. Well-known varieties of beryl include emerald and aquamarine...
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history, and natural science. Permanent exhibits include dioramas of Maine's animals, birds and plants in different ecosystems; gems and minerals; displays...
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