Smithsonian Magazine

The Story Behind the New 8,000-Pound Quartz at the Smithsonian

A one-of-a-kind natural quartz now welcomes visitors to the natural history museum Abigail Eisenstadt The museum’s new natural quartz weighs a whopping 8,000 pounds. It was found in an Arkansas mine ...
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Mineral Monday: Quartz

Mineral Monday is a weekly video series exploring the many amazing minerals, fossils, and historic objects on display at the W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum as told by museum ...
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Quincy native's mineral specimens on display at Yale museum

Are diamonds still a girl’s best friend? Not for Quincy native and 1972 Norwell High School graduate Gail Copus Spann, who prefers raw minerals dug out of the earth to cut and polished gemstones. With ...
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Massive Slab of Quartz Crystals Goes on Public View at Smithsonian

Note to editors: Photos of the Berns Quartz’s arrival and display are available via Dropbox (password: quartz). News media use of these photos in relation to the Berns Quartz is permitted with ...