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Mineral Monday: Mackay Stanford Ore Deposit Collection

Explore one of the Keck Museum's off-site storage locations with curator Garrett Barmore.

Drawer of ore samples

The Mackay Stanford Ore Deposit Collection boast specimens donated by John Mackay and Herbert Hoover.

Mineral Monday: Mackay Stanford Ore Deposit Collection

Explore one of the Keck Museum's off-site storage locations with curator Garrett Barmore.

The Mackay Stanford Ore Deposit Collection boast specimens donated by John Mackay and Herbert Hoover.

Drawer of ore samples

The Mackay Stanford Ore Deposit Collection boast specimens donated by John Mackay and Herbert Hoover.

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, go behind the scenes of the Keck Museum to explore this 150-year-old collection.

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More about the Keck Museum and Mineral Monday

Located in the Mackay School of Mines building at the ÍƼöÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, 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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