Virtual Tour of the LC Bates Museum Exhibits

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• Maine Minerals:
• Over 200 different varieties of minerals are found within our state! Many of the most famous Maine minerals come from western Maine, where the rock is a granitic pegmatite. A pegmatite is an igneous rock made crystals more than 2.5 cm in size. For cr...  View Exhibit Page
  
  
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• Pre-Columbian Chiriqui Ceramics from Panama:
  Bailey Girvan, Exhibit Curator
• These intricate, wheel-thrown pots come from the Gran Coclé archaeological period and area of Panama. The Gran Coclé period is pre-Columbian, making these pots 500-1500 years old. They were discovered within the chiriqui tribal region, although som...  View Exhibit Page