This special exhibition celebrates historic Bisbee and collections of rare Bisbee minerals, including specimens from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Visitors will be treated to a large, rare, colorful cuprite – which has a brilliance greater than diamonds – as well as beautiful azurite and malachite specimens, among others. |
Welcome to the University of Arizona Mineral MuseumThe Museum is dedicated to providing public education and the preservation of minerals and meteorites while also serving the research needs of professionals, students and collectors. The collection is world-wide in scope, but with specific emphasis on minerals from Arizona and Mexico.Funded through Flandrau: The University of Arizona Science Center, and sponsored in part by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. and the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society 
Senior Curatorial Specialist Shirley Wetmore retiresJanuary 16th, 2009 After 30 years, Shirley Wetmore has retired from the University of Arizona Mineral Museum. It is with great sadness that the Museum sees Shirley leave. » Read more...About LithargeThe mineral litharge, chemical formula PbO, forms when lead ores such as galena oxidize. It gets its name from the Greek word lithargyros, for rock silver, because the mineral was produced when metallurgists separated silver from lead ores. It was first named in 1917, though its existence has likely been known for nearly 2000 years.
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