Geology Museum: Colorado School of Mines

Yesterday was pretty gloomy and cold, however we still wanted to make the most of the day. I took an early trip to the grocery store to acquire some fixings for some chicken and rice soup! It was a good soup day. I grabbed a mocha from Forty Weight Coffee (a must if you are ever in Denver) and went for a little ride to look at the mountains. I wrote this on my facebook page with some pictures, but I will reiterate it here: the mountains are always reaching up to the sky and yesterday it was if the clouds finally decided to reach back. Even though it was gloomy, chilly, and not the best day for hiking, there was a whole new beauty to the mountains. I sat watching the clouds, drinking my mocha, and talking to my grandma!

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!