The Department of Geology and Geophysics has a number of collections that are available for display, teaching and research.

Mineralogy Collections

Several mineral collections are housed in the Department of Geology and Geophysics. These include the Blake collection, Economic Mineral collection... These collections are, in part, on public display throughout the Howe-Russell Complex. These collections are used for teaching, research and display.

Petrology Collections

The Petrology collection in the Department of Geology and Geophysics includes suites of rock samples from classic petrologic terranes from throughout the world. This collection includes volcanic igneous suites from Hawaii, New Mexico, Lesser Antilles, Italy, Canada; plutonic igneous suites from Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Peru, South Africa, Finland and Scotland, and metamorphic suites from Maine, New York, New Hampshire, California, Japan, New Zealand and Finland. This collection is primarily used for instructional purposes and is commonly supplemented by faculty research collections.

Contacts: Barbara Dutrow, (225) 578-2525, dutrow@lsu.edu, Rick Young, (225) 578-2243 rhyoung@lsu.edu, and Darrell Henry, (225) 578-2693, glhenr@lsu.edu