The Virtual Museum of Minerals and Molecules™

The Virtual Museum of Minerals and Molecules™ is a web-based focal point and resource for 3-D visualizations of molecules and minerals designed for instructional use. Please see the Fair Use guidelines.

Organized by The Minerals & Molecules Project

Curators: Phillip Barak & Ed Nater

Mirror sites at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (http://www.soils.wisc.edu/virtual_museum/) and the University of Minnesota-TC (http://www.soils.umn.edu/virtual_museum/).

Go to the Displays!

or read About the Virtual Museum of Minerals and Molecules™.

Sponsors:

• Technology-Enhanced Learning Grant, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• University of Wisconsin Instructional Technology Grant, funded through the Chancellor's Office (UW-Madison) by the Hilldale Foundation
• USDA-Higher Education Program Challenge Grant (start: 1 Sep 1998)

Contributors:

• Phillip Barak, University of Wisconsin - Molecules & Minerals
• Ed Nater, University of Minnesota - Minerals & Molecules
• Janis L. Boettinger, Utah State University - Zeolites
• Ann Hill Duin, Iowa State University - Pedagogy
• Rachid Bouabid, Ecole National d'Agriculture, Meknes, Morocco - Minerals
• Jenni Swenson, University of Minnesota - HTML and Design
• Paul Cameron, University of Minnesota - Programmer Extraordinaire
• And a large number of students, colleagues, teachers, and mentors!

Sources and Links

As with most relatively complex projects, we are greatly indebted to others. Some of the data sources and tools we have used can be reached via these links.