The halls are lined with showcases filled with Gems (grouped by mineral species – beautiful and educational) – Photos of Gems and Gem Mining – Microscopic Art of Gem Inclusions – a Library and Museum and a traveling exhibit….on the ground floor at the entrance to the Library hangs “Bahia” – the story of this magnificent gem is in the photo – click photo for a larger image. $\"\"$ <\/a>The Donald Millikin Collection (self-faceted) was donated to the GIA. $\"\"$ <\/a>A close – up view of the center stones in the Milliken Collection – click the photo for an enlarged view. $\"\"$ <\/a>The title on this showcase was “Large Gems” ummm yeah!!! really LARGE gems… $\"\"$ <\/a>…and a close up of the “Large Gems”!!! $\"\"$ <\/a>The halls come alive with color prints from the pages of the Bill Atkinson book “Within The Stone”<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a>When we adjourned for lunch this is what greeted us in the cafe\/library area…giant Quartz clusters! $\"\"$ <\/a>…along one wall a great display of the “natural” gem Ammolite…a Giant Ammonite shell… $\"\"$ <\/a>…and a showcase of some stunning gem Ammolite and a piece of Ammolite Jewelry. $\"\"$ <\/a>This is a great example of the “educational” cases that line the halls in the classroom areas…this one concentrates on Tourmaline. $\"\"$ <\/a>These cases are in the student lunch\/break area…the first one holds two Munsteiner (tall one from Bernd and front one from Tom) carved Quartz pieces from Idar Oberstein… $\"\"$ <\/a>….the second case holds a carved Malachite & Chrysocolla from Zaire that was donated by United States Pearl… $\"\"$ <\/a>Of course what Gem & Jewelry collection is complete without a piece from the world class photographer Jeff Scovil.Who wouldn’t want to study on this campus?<\/a>I am leaving you with another shot of Bahia – this one shows the rutile needles better with the light behind it… $\"\"$ <\/a><\/div>\n

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