Stanford Collection at Mitchell Hall

Here are some photographs from a recent DriftMine visit to Mitchell Hall on the Stanford campus.

Mitchell Hall

Hours as of Fall 2006 (exhibits are mostly in the Branner Library lobby)

A monster Stibnite (over 1 ft across) from Nevada

A fine Sicilian Sulfur

Superb Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning

Fine volcanic "hairs"

Looks like Red Cloud Wulfenite, but from Nevada

Very nice large Mesolite ball from India

An iridescent stalactite of Limonite from California

A huge, perfect Amethyst Scepter from Hallelujah Junction

Wonderful Wulfenite from the famous Glove Mine

Tasmanian Crocoite

Fine old slab of Malachite with Azurite from Bisbee

Giant half-nodule of Variscite from the Little Green Monster Mine in Utah

Neat bench made from pegmatite material, Massachusetts

Large polished example of Orbicular Granite