"Minerals of New Mexico" Poster Published

by Mary Franklin

SOCORRO, N.M. -- The New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (NMBGMR) recently published a full-color poster featuring 19 mineral specimens from New Mexico. The minerals selected for the poster offer a glimpse of the beautiful mineral specimens that can be found in New Mexico.

The 24-inch-by-36-inch poster also highlights the photography skills of renowned photographer Jeff Scovil. Scovil, an internationally published photographer, is the author of Photographing Minerals, Fossils, and Lapidary Materials. His work can be seen in mineral and lapidary magazines throughout the United States, France, Germany, and Russia. The 19 minerals featured in the recently published poster are housed in New Mexico Tech's Mineral Museum. The Mineral Museum is open seven days a week and has over 2,000 mineral specimens on display.

"Minerals of New Mexico Poster, 2002" is published by NMBGMR, a service and research division of New Mexico Tech, in cooperation with the Mining and Minerals Division of New Mexico's Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department and is available for $5 plus $2.50 for shipping and handling. For more information about this poster or any of the other NMBGMR publications, write to the Bureau Publication Office, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, call (505) 835-5410, or visit the Bureau's website at http://geoinfo.nmt.edu.