University Mineralogical Museum to present exhibition 'Sculpted by Nature'

8:38 a.m., Feb. 6, 2015--The University Museums of the University of Delaware present the exhibition “Sculpted by Nature” from Feb. 11 to May 17 in the Mineralogical Museum in Penny Hall.

The exceptional specimens on display this spring are examples of the rare occurrence of copper and silver as pure metals. 

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Having taken on a variety of crystalline or wire-like shapes as a result of the conditions of their growth and their internal atomic structures, these specimens may mimic organic tree-like forms or abstract sculptures. They may also form complex, well-defined crystals in geometric shapes. 

Examples are known from the copper and silver deposits of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan and the silver mines of the Kongsberg district in Norway.

Continuing the Mineralogical Museum’s tradition of showcasing specimens from private collections, these spectacular “sculptures” of natural copper and silver are generously lent by Peter H.

Farquhar.

Sharon Fitzgerald, Mineralogical Museum curator, will give a Curator’s Talk titled “The History of the Collection” at 5 p.m., Monday, April 20.

For more information on this exhibition and other related programs, or to schedule a tour, see the University Museums website or call 302-831-8037.