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Jones Family
Matching Gift Challenge
$5,000
Feb 24, 2021
Will
Browne
$17
Feb 20, 2021
Anonymous
$100
Feb 20, 2021
Joan
Kureczka
$330
Feb 19, 2021
Michael Norville
In Memory of Alfie Norville
Richard Olsen
In Honor of Eric Fritz
Anonymous
Pearl
Ng
$330
Feb 19, 2021
Duncan
Pay
$893
Feb 19, 2021
Robin
Callahan
$330
Feb 18, 2021
Sandy
Raynor
Anonymous
$500
Feb 18, 2021
Patricia
Syvrud
Yvette Riddle - Gengler
In Honor of Riddle Family, 3 Generations of UArizona Alumni and Bisbee, AZ Natives
$330
Feb 18, 2021
Anonymous
Anita Riddle Schmidt
In Honor of John A. “Jack” and Silvia I. Riddle
$330
Feb 18, 2021
William
Schuiling
John Gengler
In Honor of John A. Riddle, University of Arizona 1951 Civil Engineering Graduate
$17
Feb 17, 2021
Chelsea
Moll
Margaret
Smith
$48
Feb 17, 2021
eugene
Reynolds
$79
Feb 17, 2021
Anonymous
Patricia (Diane)
Braswell
$93
Feb 16, 2021
Alan
Romey
$10
Diamond
Diamonds have a mohs scale rating of 10, making it one of the toughest minerals known.
$48
Copper
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.
$79
Gold
Gold is both a mineral and an element. Gold is number 79 on the periodic table of elements.
$93
Downtown Jewel
The iconic Pima County Courthouse was designed 93 years ago in 1928 by Roy Place with the style of Spanish Colonial Revival.
$330
Bisbee Minerals
The current number of mineral species that have been found in Bisbee, Arizona is 330. Bisbee is known for its mineral diversity.
$893
Wildcat Gem
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."
