mineral collection
Curated stone specimens
A mineral collection is an assemblage of mineral specimens gathered for study, display, or hobbyist interest.
Collections range from a child's rocks in a shoebox to museum holdings of thousands of catalogued specimens.
Collectors typically organize by mineral type, locality, or crystal structure: She built her mineral collection around specimens from Colorado mines.
- streak plateSurface for mineral identification
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
- pyriteBrass-yellow iron sulfide
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
- rockhoundAmateur geology enthusiast
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mineral collectionfossil collection
Assembled ancient preserved remains
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