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New Mexico Mineral Museum, Socorro, NM

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New Mexico Mineral Museum

A mineral and geology museum on the New Mexico Tech campus in Socorro, known for its New Mexico mineral displays.

Headen Center, New Mexico Tech campus, Socorro, NM · Socorro, NM

About New Mexico Mineral Museum

The New Mexico Mineral Museum sits in the Headen Center on the New Mexico Tech campus in Socorro. It is run by the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and focuses on minerals, especially those found in New Mexico. The main gallery shows thousands of specimens arranged in themed displays about regional mining districts, uranium, gold and silver, agates and geodes, meteorites, and petrified wood. A rotating guest display is changed each year by outside collectors. The museum also holds a large reference collection for research and hosts a yearly mineral symposium each fall.

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  • #geology
  • #New Mexico
  • #Socorro
  • #university campus

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