Someday I hope to have my entire collection posted here. Until then, I hope you enjoy what I have posted so far. Come back again as I plan to update my catalog pages monthly. Click on any image for a larger picture, and then use your browser Back button to return here.

Someday I hope to have my entire collection posted here. Until then, I hope you enjoy what I have posted so far. Come back again as I plan to update my catalog pages monthly.

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Index by Mineral Name

Index by Mineral Type

Native Elements

Sulfides, Arsenides, Tellurides

Oxides

Halides

Carbonates

Nitrates and Borates

Sulfates

Phosphates, Arsenates, Vanadates, Chromates, and Uranates

Tungstates, Wolframates, and Molybdates

Silica Group (open network)

Tectosilicates (framework structures)

Phyllosilicates (sheet structures from sharing three oxygen)

Inosilicates (chain silicates)

Cyclosilicates (a ring structure)

Sorosilicates (two tetrahedra share one oxygen)

Nesosilicates (no direct sharing between tetrahedra)

Complex Silicates (share two or more of the other forms)

Organic and Odd/Exception Minerals

Numerical Index; 0000-0249

Numerical Index; 0250-0449

Numerical Index; 0500-0749

Numerical Index; 0750-0999

Numerical Index; 1000-1249

Numerical Index; 1250-1499

Numerical Index; 1500-1749

Numerical Index; 1750-1999

Numerical Index; 2000-2249

Numerical Index; 2250-2499

Numerical Index; 2500-2749

Numerical Index; 2750-2999

Numerical Index; 3000-3249

Numerical Index; 3250-3499

Numerical Index; 3500-3749

Numerical Index; 3750-3999

Numerical Index; 4000-4249

Numerical Index; 4250-4499

Numerical Index; 4500-4749

Numerical Index; 5000-5249

Numerical Index; 5250-5499

Numerical Index; 6250-6499

Numerical Index; 8750-8999

Numerical Index; 9750-9999

Numerical Index; 12250-12499

Numerical Index; 12500-12749

Numerical Index; 13000-13249

Numerical Index; 80750-80999

Rocks and Minerals displayed at the Grand Rapids Public Museum in 1965 with the Grand Rapids Rock and Mineral Society. The display showed all the requirements for the Boy Scout's Geology Merit Badge, which I had recently acquired. The original label information is in normal type, and my added comments are in italic. This was my first merit badge.

Kreigh's Geology Merit Badge Collection

Principal Mineral(s)	Formula		Locality	When Collected	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Comments	Reference	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form(s)
Quartz Crystals in Limestone	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Cascade Gravel Pit, Grand Rapids, MI	early 1960s	Limestone	Calcite	Collector's item	#01	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Honey Gypsym	Formula		Grand Rapids, MI actually, the Alabastine Gypsum Mine, Wyoming, Michigan	early 1960s	Matrix	A halite impurity gives the honey color to the gypsum	Plaster, Paint, Terra Cotta, Insulation	#02	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Garnets	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Grand Rapids, MI	early 1960s	Granite	Secondary Mineral(s)	Collector's item	#03	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Jackson Mine Slag	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Jackson Mine, MI	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Comments	#04	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Chrysocalla	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Arizona	early 1960s	Quartz	Bornite, a red mineral I have not identified, an metallic iron colored mineral I have not identified	Source of Copper	#05	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Celestite	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Clay Center, Ohio	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Comments	#06	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	blades of blue and white celestite
Iron Ore Hemetite	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Upper Peninsula of Michigan	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Source of Iron	#07	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Mexican Crazy Lace	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	New Mexico	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Jewelry and Collector's item	#08	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Fossil bearing rock	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Locality	early 1960s	Siltstone	calcite crystals	Collector's item valuable for area history Lots of crinoid stem parts and other small fossils	#09	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Petrified Wood	Formula		Arizona	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Collected for historical value	#10	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Talc Schist and deformed Garnets	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Belknap Hill, Grand Rapids, Michigan	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Collector's item	#11	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Sandstone	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Cascade Gravel Pit, Michigan	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Comments	#12	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Champiosaur Vertebrae	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Williston, N. Dakota	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Valuable for historical interest	#13	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Specular Hematite	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Upper Peninsula, Michigan	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Source of Iron	#14	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Jaspelite	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Jasper, Michigan	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Source of Iron	#15	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Uranium Ore carnotite in sandstone	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Texas	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Source of Uranium	#16	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Natural Graphite	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Locality	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Used as pencil lead and as a lubricant	#17	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Rose Quartz	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Montana	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Collector's Item	#18	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Sapphire	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Montana	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Used for jewelry	#19	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Marble	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Portugal	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Used for table tops, building stone, floors	#20	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Petoskey Stone	Prismatophyllum or Hexagonaria (and pick a species), depending on which book or expert you prefer; officially Hexagonaria pericarinata according to the State of Michigan.	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Traverse Bay, Michigan	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Used by Gerry Morris, and for historical value; see #0464.	#21	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Tiger Eye	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Africa	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Used for jewelry and collector's item this slab is the second half from the second cab I cut (the first was a snowflake obsidian)	#22	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Gold and Silver Ore	Formula	individual specimen picture not yet available this specimen may be included in the group pictures at the beginning and end of this section	Locality	early 1960s	Quartz	unidentified green and brown minerals	Refined for gold and silver	#23	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Selenite	Formula		Alabastine Gypsum Mine, Wyoming, Michigan	early 1960s	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Crystal form of Gypsum	#24	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form
Principal Mineral(s)	Formula		Locality	When Collected	Matrix	Secondary Mineral(s)	Comments	Reference	Hardness	Streak	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form(s)