Some images from the Geology Museum at the Colorado School of Mines.

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

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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. |

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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. |