Questions?
Feel free to email the Earth Sciences Museum for general inquiries.
Or contact by phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 35633
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The Earth Sciences Museum is always seeking donation of rocks, minerals, fossils, meteorites, replicas, photographs, instruments and artwork in accordance with the Mission Statement.
Below is a list of areas we are focusing our collecting efforts to enhance the completeness of our collection.
Permanent collection
- Canadian diamond mining specimens and artifacts
- Ontario mining artifacts
- Copper minerals
- Ontario/North American fossils
- Fluorite
- Volcanic rocks
- Obsidian
- Native silver
- Pyrite
- Pillow Basalt for the Peter Russell Rock Garden (Size = approximately 1 m3)
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs for the Peter Russell Rock Garden (Size = approximately 1 m3)
Teaching collection
- Minerals associated with Mohs scale of hardness: Talc, Gypsum, Calcite, Apatite, Fluorite, Feldspar, Quartz, Topaz, Corundum, Diamond (just kidding!)
- Scratch plates
- Ontario fossils
