Mineral Monday: Vivianite

This week, learn about the spectacular mineral vivianite.

Drawer of ore samples

The vivianite specimen pictured here can be found in case number 40 on the Museum's first floor.

Mineral Monday: Vivianite

This week, learn about the spectacular mineral vivianite.

The vivianite specimen pictured here can be found in case number 40 on the Museum's first floor.

Drawer of ore samples

The vivianite specimen pictured here can be found in case number 40 on the Museum's first floor.

Mineral Monday is a weekly video series exploring the many amazing minerals, fossils, and historic objects on display at the W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum as told by museum curator Garrett Barmore. This week, learn about one of the Keck Museum's more spectacular looking minerals: vivianite.

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More about the Keck Museum and Mineral Monday

Located in the Mackay School of Mines building at the University of Nevada, Reno, the W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum is open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the first Saturday of the month from 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.

The Keck Museum houses an outstanding collection of minerals, ores, fossil specimens, and photographs, in addition to mining related relics. The museum is also home to some of the spectacular Mackay Silver Collection, created by Tiffany & Co., for John Mackay and completed in 1878.

For directions and museum details, visit unr.edu/keck

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