The Rausch Mineral Gallery

AMHERST—The University of Massachusetts Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, home to the Office of the Massachusetts State Geologist, will be expanding its Rausch Mineral Gallery in 2024, thanks to a generous gift by the family of Joseph Goldstein, former Professor and Dean of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Goldstein was world renowned for his research in meteoritics, material science, and electron microbeam analytical techniques.

Mineral from Rausch Gallery at UMass

New Gallery and new Website coming in 2024

Keep an eye on this page for exciting announcements as we get ready to launch the new gallery and the new accompanying website.

Iron meteorite from the new Goldstein collection

Iron meteorite from the new Goldstein collection. 

This meteorite is 4.56 billion years old – the age of the solar system – and its composition is similar to that of the iron-nickel alloy core of the Earth. 

One of the hundreds of minerals you will see when you visit the Rausch Mineral Gallery.

Visit Us

The Rausch Mineral Gallery is located in Room 243 in the Morrill Science Center South.

Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Weekend visits for groups can be arranged by calling the Department of Geosciences a week in advance.

Admission is free.

 

Department of Geosciences
611 North Pleasant Street
233 Morrill Science Center
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 0103-9297
Phone: (413) 545-2286