Welcome to the first exhibit. Here, you can see vast collections of minerals. From the oddly shaped to the brightly colored, these minerals are what make up the earth.
Introduction and Minerals of the Pioneer Valley from Ted Rogers on Vimeo.
Minerals can be made in a lot of ways. Crystals are made when like molecules overlap each other, creating distinctive shapes and colors. Gems are any mineral that are valuable by human standards. Some of the minerals you see here were created over millions of years through geological processes such as volcanoes and glaciers.
It would be a mistake to say that these collections are "just a bunch of rocks." These minerals are clues. If you care enough to look closely, these minerals can show you new meaning of history, you and me, and the world itself.
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