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The University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum celebrated its grand opening on February 3, 2021. Currently, the museum is operating with docent volunteers to help guide guests through the museum. We also have a great staff of student workers at the admissions desk and in collections! As we continue to grow, we are raising funds to outfit our research lab and resources for school groups to visit.
Donations help support the museum's research lab facility, programming and ability to host school groups, fund University of Arizona student workers, continuing to staff support and guest services and maintaining our museum collection.
Contact: Operations Manager: Maria Miranda Email: maria80@arizona.edu (520) 621-7519
Diamonds have a mohs scale rating of 10, making it one of the toughest minerals known.
Arizona is the 48th state in the U.S. and known as the "Copper State." Arizona became a state largely due to the mineral and mining resources that the region brought to the United States.
Gold is both a mineral and an element. Gold is number 79 on the periodic table of elements.
The iconic Pima County Courthouse was designed 93 years ago in 1928 by Roy Place with the style of Spanish Colonial Revival.
The current number of mineral species that have been found in Bisbee, Arizona is 330. Bisbee is known for its mineral diversity.
The first references to the Mineral Museum appeared in the UA register in 1893. The university wanted to “make the Museum of Geology and Mineralogy an adequate representative of the ores and minerals of Arizona, as well as a place for the deposit of everything illustrative of the practical workings of the mines, mills and furnaces."
