College of Education & Human Services

Rock & Mineral Kits

Rocks, Minerals & Gemstones Collection

k7

Click here to view the accompanying guide that goes with the collection above.

Vintage Rock & Mineral Collection

K4

Native Rocks - Foundations of the Earth

Native rocks kit

native rock text

Natural Gemstone Collection - Jewels in the Rough

colored gems

colored gem text

Polished Gemstones of the World

Polished gems

Polished Gems text

Rocks, Fossils, Minerals and Gemstones of the United States

rocks minerals gems

rocks minerals gems text

Colorado Rocks (Rocks, Gems, & Minerals)

Colorado Rocks

Colorado Rocks Text

Classification of Minerals

Big collection

Use the key below to make observations of the 50 minerals above. 

Big collection key

The Crystal Models designed by Willis T. Maas

Vintage block structures

Click here to read about The Crystal Models designed by Willis T. Maas.  These wooden specimens were developed by the W.M. Welch Scientific Company in the early 1900's in Chicago Illinois. A key shows the "Brief Summary About the Twelve Crystal Models." 

Summary of structure models

Authentic Diamond Crystal

Diamond

Vintage Rock and Mineral Collection (1960s)

antique rocks and minerals

Vintage Rock and Mineral Collection (1950s)

Kit 3

Vintage Rock and Mineral Collection (1960s)

Kit vintage

Kit vintage old

Vintage rock and mineral set

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