A highly informative visit to the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and the Geology Museum at the Colorado School of Mines, guided expertly by Professor David Matlock and colleagues.

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Artists interpretation of metallurgy, including pearlite, phase diagrams, alchemy. Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Artists interpretation of metallurgy, including pearlite, phase diagrams, alchemy. Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Artists interpretation of metallurgy, including pearlite, phase diagrams, alchemy. Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Professor George Krauss’ office at the Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

This is a historical picture of the Coors ceramics factory, now producing engineering ceramics. Coors is also a huge beer producer and invented the process of “ironing” cans sot that they can be produced without seams. |

This is a historical picture of the Coors ceramics factory, now producing engineering ceramics. Coors is also a huge beer producer and invented the process of “ironing” cans sot that they can be produced without seams. |

Gleeble at the Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Torsion fatigue samples, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Torsion fatigue samples, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Torsion fatigue samples, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Professor David Matlock showing a sample where the surface in the centre has been deformed to introduce compressive stresses prior to fatigue testing. Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Equipment made at the Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, for sliding wear testing. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Wire drawing equipment at the Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Equipment for making flux-cored welding wire. Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Equipment for making flux-cored welding wire. Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Equipment for making flux-cored welding wire. Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. The alloy and flux powder is placed in the channel and the tube curled and sealed. |

The powder feeder for the flux-cored welding wire. Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Sample showing torsion fatigue failure, just one of a huge collection of failure analyses belonging to Professor David Matlock. Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Sample showing torsion fatigue failure, just one of a huge collection of failure analyses belonging to Professor David Matlock. Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Sample showing torsion fatigue failure, just one of a huge collection of failure analyses belonging to Professor David Matlock. Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Samples showing torsion fatigue failure, just one of a huge collection of failure analyses belonging to Professor David Matlock. Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Hyperbaric welding chamber, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

The book, well used, in David Matlock’s office |

This is the creek that flows through Golden, Colorado. Corten is a weathering steel that develops a protective patina. Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

The bridge across the creek in Golden, Colorado, is made from Corten Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

The bridge across the creek in Golden, Colorado, is made from Corten Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Harry’s lunch meeting with undergraduates at the Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Harry’s lunch meeting with undergraduates at the Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Gold on Sphalerite and Galena. Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Samples of cuprite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). |

Cuprite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). |

This is a sample of cuprite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). |

This is a sample of cuprite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |

This is a sample of cuprite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |

This is a sample of cuprite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Stronitium sulphate on sulphur. Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |

This is a sample of fluorite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |

This is a sample of fluorite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |

This is a sample of fluorite, showing the cubic symmetry (four triads, the defining symmetry of a cube). Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. |

In this case the cuprite, from Namibia, has been cut and polished. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Pyrite (fools gold), Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Adamite on Limonite, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Calcite, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Azurite with Malachite, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Pyrite (fools gold), Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Fluorite cubes, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Fluorite, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

lead and molybdenum oxide, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Wlulfenite, lead-molybdenum oxide, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Thomsonite, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Widmanstatten plates in a meteorite, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

A rock brought back from the moon, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

A rock brought back from the moon, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical Engineering. This is at their Geology Museum. |

Forms corresponding to cubic symmetry, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Orthorhombic system, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Tetragonal system, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Hexagonal system, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Monoclinic system, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |

Triclinic system, Colorado School of Mines, Geology Museum. |