New Mexico Mineral Museum

06/17/2026

Want to learn more about minerals? The second installment of Lite Geology, focused on crystals, is free and available for download!

Ready to learn more about crystals? You're in luck. Here's the latest edition of Lite Geology, Crystals Part II! Thank you to our writers, editors, production staff, and thank you for reading! Lite Geology 57 is available for free download at:
https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/periodicals/litegeology .

06/16/2026

We are closed this coming Friday and Saturday. Have a nice weekend!

06/08/2026

Happy Mineral Monday folks! We just added two additional shelves of Joan Massagué minerals for you to admire :)

05/18/2026

05/11/2026

The Mineral Museum will still be open, but the bookstore will be representin' the NMBGMR at the Rocky Mountain GSA meeting in ABQ during this time.

05/05/2026

Have you experienced our newest guest exhibit? In the fall of 2025, mineral collector Don Dallaire curated a fabulous display of worldwide apatites and White Mountain New Hampshire Igneous Province pegmatite minerals. If you haven’t seen this display in person, please stop on by. Big thanks to Don and all of the collectors who have shared their personal collections with museum visitors!

The guest exhibits are some of the most dynamic in the museum, as they are set up each fall. The display is fashioned entirely by the collector, not much different than an artist painting a masterpiece!

04/20/2026

We celebrate this Mineral Monday with a new display! The "From the Vault: The Martin Zinn III Collection" is now out on the shelves! Marty has been a generous donor for many, many years and he makes the museum look so gooooooood! Please stop on by to check it out!

04/07/2026

We hope these minerals make you as happy as Easter candy! These pieces are all new additions brought back from the Tucson show in February. Enjoy!