Showing posts with label California State Mining and Mineral Museum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California State Mining and Mineral Museum. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Arrests Made in Robbery of Gold at California State Mineral Museum in Mariposa

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Arrests have been made in the robbery of gold specimens and other minerals from the California State Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Destroying Our Heritage: California Mining and Mineral Museum Raided

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It makes me sick at heart... A closeup of the Fricot Nugget I just can't believe how low some people will go that they would destr...
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

A Priceless Collection of Minerals: To see, or not to see

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I was in the field yesterday with my students, and one of our stops was at the California State Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa at the...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

California's Shame: The State Mineral Exhibit to Close; What will you do with your 58 cents?

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For the lack of $22 million dollars, 70 California State Parks are closing. That's 58 cents for each resident of the state (thanks to Ch...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

A Day in the Field...Doing Geology in the Mother Lode

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The state flower growing in the state rock next to a site where the state mineral was being mined...the only thing missing was the state mam...
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Saturday, July 31, 2010

The Other California: The CA State Mineral Museum - this is art, darnit!

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I know it when I see it. Purveyors of that which we would not call art would use shiny perfect minerals that would cause the viewer to obje...
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