After making a delicious pot of soup, Nate and I headed over the the Geology Museum at the Colorado School of Mines. It was free admission (although you pay for parking) and that wasn't even the best part. There were so many beautiful mineral specimen from around the world. The minerals were neatly organized by region of the world and type of mineral class. They also had fossils, gemstones, education materials, and a goodwill moon rock (only one of two on display)!
Beautiful minerals: malachite, azurite, and gypsum!
The big "M" on the side of the mountain is for the Colorado School of Mines in Golden.
I picked up a lot of education materials, I know you're probably not surprised by that at all. Don't worry I won't turn this into a classroom blog, however one of the neatest and most surprisingly things I learned was that Marie Curie discovered radium from uranium crystals from Colorado! Let that be your new thing you learned today, if you are interested in more just hit me up, I'd love to tell you more!
I see that we are much colder that Milwaukee this morning, so enjoy your nice day!
Much love to my homeland!
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