The MSA has had a mineral collection from its beginning, and MSA 1964 President Bob Jones recalls a hurried journey to Bisbee in the late 1960's with group of MSA members to accept a donation of what has become the core of the MSA collection. 

MSA Mineral Collection Slideshow at bottom of page photos by Jeff Scovil and Chris Whitney-Smith. 

AZURITE on MALACHITE, 26cm, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA; Mineralogical Society of Arizona Collection, Jeff Scovil Photo.

CHALCEDONY on CALCITE GEODE (Fluorescent)   17cm, Potts Canyon, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA; Mineralogical Society of Arizona Collection, Jeff Scovil Photos.

Key Arizona specimens of the MSA collection were featured in Mineral Collections in Arizona-I (May-June 2013) and Mineral Collections in Arizona-II (January-February 2020) supplement issues of The Mineralogical Record.

Reprint permission granted MSA by mineralogicalrecord.com and Jeff Scovil mineral photos.

MSA signs 10 year loan agreement with University of Arizona Gem & Mineral Museum at Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium November 2014-2024.  MSA mineral collection was on a special exhibit at University of Arizona Gem & Mineral Museum at Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium January-December 2014 as part of The Best of the Best, Prize Minerals from the Vaults of Arizona's Collectors and at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show February 12-15 2015.

 

AZURITE on MALACHITE,  Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA; Mineralogical Society of Arizona Collection, Chris Whitney-Smith Photo.

MSA signs 3 year loan agreement with UArizona Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum good through January 30, 2025.    Several Arizona MSA collection specimens are featured in at UArizona Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum in Tucson, AZ.  

UARIZONA ALFIE NORVILLE GEM & MINERAL MUSEUM

115 N. Church Ave, (within historic Pima County Courthouse), Tucson, AZ

Open Now – Check website and Plan a Visit. 

uamineralmuseum.com/content/welcome-uarizona-alfie-norville-gem-mineral-museum

MSA signs 3 year loan agreement with Pinal Geology & Mineral Museum good through June 4, 2025.  Bob Jones donated MSA's original waddell display case back to MSA summer 2020, providing opportunity for key specimens of MSA Collection to be a featured exhibit at Pinal Geology and Mineral Museum in Coolidge, AZ starting June 4, 2022.

PINAL GEOLOGY MUSEUM                                                                     

351 Arizona BLVD, Coolidge, AZ

Open Now – Check website and Plan a Visit. 

pinalgeologymuseum.org

Visit UArizona Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum in Tucson and Pinal Geology & Mineral Museum in Coolidge to check out the many terrific collections on exhibit. Mineralogical Society of Arizona Collection, Jeff Scovil Photos.