She also established the Coralyn Wright Whitney Endowment to support research and activities related to the National Gem and Mineral Collection. Whitney is a member of the museum’s board. She and her ...

Post pointed out that James Smithson, the Smithsonian’s founding donor, was a mineralogist, whose collection came to the institution. The mineral, Smithsonite, is named for him.

Mrs. Turner, a lifelong collector of minerals, was tireless in her work for the Smithsonian's National Gem Collection. She donated many items to the collection, housed at the National Museum of ...

Jewelry based on the gems and minerals in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History’s National Gem Collection is scheduled to premiere on QVC Tuesday, Sept. 14, from 7 to 9 p.m. (EDT). This ...

Jeffrey Post, curator of the U.S. National Gem and Mineral Collection at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum reveals the scandals, mysteries and human stories behind the world’s most famous ...

The museum had a large mineral collection, filled with pieces from Dr. J.H. Craig, Wilkinson, from private collections, and pieces Wilkinson traded with the Smithsonian.

A specimen of smithsonite housed in the museum’s mineral and gem collection. Jack Tamisiea, NMNH With more than 148 million specimens and objects, the vast majority of the National Museum of ...

The Smithsonian Institution mineral and gem collection is home to approximately 350,000 mineral specimens and 10,000 gems, making it one of the largest of its kind in the world.

Some of the minerals are the type specimens from which the mineral was described. He spent much of his time cataloging specimens from various donated collections for future researchers to study.

The Smithsonian Institution mineral and gem collection is home to approximately 350,000 mineral specimens and 10,000 gems, making it one of the largest of its kind in the world.

WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian Institution said Thursday that it has licensed its renowned gem and jewelry collection to create a line of bracelets, brooches and other baubles with the TV shopping ...