EPS also maintains Rock, Mineral, Ore and Fossil collections located in the Harvard Museum of Natural History and directly managed by the Curator Raquel Alonso-Perez.  For inquiries about contents and requests regarding these collections, please visit the Mineralogical and Geological Museum's website, and contact Raquel at ralonso@fas.harvard.edu or 617-496-2561.

In addition to the sample collections, the EPS teaching collections also contain other educational aids.

Geological Collections

EPS Microscope Collection and Teaching Lab

The EPS Microscope Teaching Lab is located in room 314b.  For use in the lab room are 9 polarizing Olympus microscopes, one with photographing mount and computer screen.  In addition to the polarizing microscopes, the Microscope Collection also contains 4 stereomicroscopes for general use in the labs.

EPS Thin Section Collection

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The EPS Fossil collection consists of approximately 4000 specimens.  The collection is stored in the glass fronted blue cases in the entrance hall to room 314 (drawers 1-65) and consists of the following:

Fossil Samples

• Fossil Plants: 1-5
• Protozoa: 6
• Vertebrata: 7
• Echinodermata: 8-9
• Coelenterata: 10-16
• Arthopoda: 17-19
• Graptolites: 20
• Brachiopoda: 21-26
• Mollusca: Pelecypoda: 27-33
• Mollusca: Gastropoda: 34-36
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The EPS Rock Collection contains over 10,000 samples and is housed in rooms 314d and 312 of the Harvard Science Center.  The collection consists of the following:
 

Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary Rock Collection

Igneous and Metamorphic collections stored in room 314d (locked collection closet accessed from room 314), and Sedimentary collection is stored in blue glass fronted cases located at the in the hallway entrance to room 312).

Igneous Samples (drawers 1-56 in room 314d)

• Basalt/Diabase: 4-11
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The EPS Mineral Collection which contains over 13,000 specimens is housed in room 314 of the Harvard Science Center and consists of the following:

Mineral Study Samples

Stored in both the green steel cases adjoining the windows at the side of room 314 as well as in the blue glass fronted cases facing the sink area to the back of the room. Additionally, there are exceptional specimens from the collection located in locked display cases (and in the case of the large examples, on the counter abutting the windows) throughout rooms 314 and 312.  The Mineral Study...