Mineral w88: Staurolite

This week, learn about the w88 staurolite and its unique twinned formation.

Two w88 crystals

These w88 crystals can be found on the ground floor of the Keck Museum in case number nine.

Mineral w88: Staurolite

This week, learn about the w88 staurolite and its unique twinned formation.

These w88 crystals can be found on the ground floor of the Keck Museum in case number nine.

Two w88 crystals

These w88 crystals can be found on the ground floor of the Keck Museum in case number nine.

The College of Science weekly video series, Mineral w88, explores the many minerals, fossils and historical objects on display at the W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum, as told by curator Garrett Barmore. This week,Garrett brings out two staurolite crystals and explains their unique cross formation.

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While they look like they may have ben carved to form a perfect cross, the twinned w88 crystals form this way naturally.

w88 display at the top of stairs

w88 crystals can come un-twinned, and look more like a standard crystal without the unique cross formation you see here.

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More about the Keck Museum and Mineral w88

Located in the Mackay School of Mines building at the w88 of Nevada, Reno, the W.M. Keck Earth w88 slot online and Mineral Engineering is open to the public w88 through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the first Saturday of the month from 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.

The Keck Museum houses an outstanding collection of minerals, ores, fossil specimens, and photographs, in addition to mining related relics. The museum is also home to some of the spectacular Mackay Silver Collection, created by Tiffany & Co., for John Mackay and completed in 1878.

For directions and museum details, visit unr.edu/keck.

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