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Materials 271 Mineral Guide. Select a mineral from the jump
menu to begin your exploration in the world of minerals.
All images are original photographs of the Marjory H. Esther Mineral Collection housed by the UAS Environmental Science Department.
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Marjory
H. Esther
Before her passing on June 25, 2000, Marjory Esther transferred her
collection of mineral specimens to the University of Alaska Southeast.
For 20 years she and her husband John Esther, collected them as they
traveled the southwest U.S. hiking, exploring, and rock climbing. Experiences
as an avid girl scout in her childhood, and later as a scout leader
and YMCA camp organizer for her 3 daughters, supported her love of the
outdoors. Membership in the Washington State Rock and Mineral Society
helped to develop her keen eye for beautiful mineral specimens. When
blindness through macular degeneration occurred in 1990 she began to
seek a home for her beloved minerals so that others might enjoy them.
For the good fortune of the inhabitants of Juneau she donated the minerals
to UAS in 2000. They are now housed in the Environmental Science Program
in the Hendrickson Building, on display in the mineral case on the lower
floor outside of HB 105.