Broward College Graves Museum Collection
Carol Jacobs Mineral Collection
(Housed permanently at the Museum of Discovery and Science in downtown Fort Lauderdale.)
In geology and mineralogy, a mineral is a naturally occurring inorganic element or compound having an orderly internal structure and characteristic chemical composition, crystal form, and physical properties. Common minerals include quartz, feldspar, mica, amphibole, olivine, and calcite.
001 Adamite, hydrous zinc arsenate
002 Adamite, hydrous zinc arsenate
003 Amethyst & Barite, silicon dioxide & barium sulfate
004 Amethyst Geode, silicon dioxide
005 Apophyllite, hydrous calcium potassium
006 Apophyllite, hydrous calcium potassium
007 Aragonite, calcium carbonate
008 Azurite, long crystals
009 Azurite, hydrous copper carbonate
010 Azurite, hydrous copper carbonate
011 Barite, barium sulfate
012 Barite, barium sulfate
013 Biotite (mica), phyllosilicate
014 Calcite, calcium carbonate
015 Calcite, calcium carbonate
016 Calcite, calcium carbonate
017 Calcite, calcium carbonate
018 Calcite, calcium carbonate
019 Calcite, calcium carbonate
020 Celestite, strontium sulfate
021 Chrysocolla & Malachite, copper sulfate & copper carbonate
022 Chrysocolla & Malachite, Quartz, copper compounds & silicon dioxide
023 Chrysocolla, hydrous copper silicate
024 Citrine Slab, silicon dioxide
025 Copper, native element
026 Dioplase
027 Dolomite, calcium magnesium carbonate
028 Fluorite & Sphalerite, calcium fluoride & zinc iron sulfide
029 Fluorite, calcium fluoride
030 Fluorite, calcium fluoride
031 Fluorite, calcium fluoride
032 Pyrite, “fool’s gold”, iron disulfide
033 Galena, lead sulphide
034 Galena, Pyrite, lead sulfide, iron disulfide
035 Garnets, aluminum silicates
036 Halite, sodium chloride
038 Hubnerite, manganese wolframite
039 Kyanite
040 Kyanite, aluminum silicate
041 Malachite slice, hydrous copper sulfate
042 Malachite, crystal form, hydrous copper carbonate
043 Malachite, hydrous copper sulfate
044 Mimetite, lead chloroarsenate
045 Okenite, calcium silicate
046 Opal, hydrous silica
047 Pyrite & Quartz, iron disulfide & silicon dioxide
048 Pyrite “fool’s gold”, iron disulfide
049 Pyrite, “fool’s gold”, iron disulfide
050 Quartz crystal formation, silicon dioxide
051 Quartz crystal formation, silicon dioxide
052 Quartz, silicon dioxide
053 Quartz, silicon dioxide & Sphalerite, zinc iron sulphide
054 Quartz, Smoky, silicon dioxide
055 Rhodochrosite, magnesium carbonate
056 Selenite, Gypsum, hydrous calcium sulfate
057 Selenite, gypsum, hydrous calcium sulfate
058 Selenite, gypsum, hydrous calcium sulfate
059 Smithsonite, zinc carbonate
060 Stibnite, antimony sulfide
061 Stilbite, hydrous calcium sodium aluminum
062 Sulfur, native element
063 Sulfur, native element
064 Tourmaline, complex borosilicates
065 Vanadinite, lead chlorovanadate
066 Wulfenite, lead molybdate
Broward College Mineral Collection
This collection is housed at Broward College and is available for faculty and student use in the Geology laboratory.
SC071 Rhodonite, pyroxene
MN001 Quartz crystal
SC124 Native copper
SC067 Adventurine, quartz
MN002a Calcite
MN002b Calcite
MN002c Calcite
MN003a Gypsum
MN003b Gypsum
MN004a Fluorite
MN004b Fluorite
MN005a Pyrite
MN005b Pyrite
MN006 Labradorite exhibiting labradorescence
SC052 Corundum, red=ruby, blue=sapphire
SC055 Sodalite
SC062 Muscovite, mica
SC066 Manganese oxide dendrites
SC073 Nephrite jade, amphibole
SC076 Geode
SC080 Smoky quartz
SC125 Selenite, desert rose, gypsum flower
SC128 Garnet
