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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Mineral and Lapidary Museum of Henderson County<\/strong> was founded with the goal of providing a place where people could discover and learn about the beauty\u00a0and diversity of the world beneath our feet.<\/p>\n The museum’s goal is to be\u00a0a primary resource for education and information to the community on the earth sciences related to geology and paleontology<\/a>.<\/p>\n The museum currently features a mix of exhibits that range from\u00a0specimens of raw minerals in their natural state to polished gemstones and other finished material. The museum also\u00a0hosts\u00a0special exhibits of collections on loan.<\/p>\n Among the popular highlights of the exhibits are the displays of minerals found in Henderson County and in the state of North Carolina \u2014 which has one of the nation’s most diverse mineral deposits, the exhibit on the Hendersonville meteorite<\/a>, and the fluorescent mineral display. Also popular, especially with youngsters, are the museum’s displays of fossils<\/a> which are highlighted by a casting of a tyrannosaurus rex skull, a mastodon tusk and teeth, and a wooly mammoth leg bone.<\/p>\n Visitors to the museum will quickly discover that there is more under our feet than dirt and that there is much more to rocks than most suspect.<\/p>\n The Mineral Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and is volunteer run.<\/p>\n ADMISSION is FREE<\/strong> The Mineral and Lapidary Museum of Henderson County was founded with the goal of providing a place where people could discover and learn about the beauty\u00a0and diversity of the world beneath our feet. The museum’s goal is to be\u00a0a primary … Continue reading
(A donation or Gift Shop<\/a> purchase is appreciated as these are the primary source of our income.)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"