Real Estate Listings & Homes for Sale | Real Estate Agent Search. Liv-ex: The Fine Wine Exchange. Vargas Gem & Mineral Collection - About the Collection. Over 1000 faceted gemstones mounted in hand-made wire prongs with accompanying rough gem crystals, all in neatly labeled plexiglass bases, were displayed as the Vargas Gem Collection at venues in the western U.S. in the 1970s and 1980s until the collection found a permanent home in the early 1990s at the University of Texas at Austin's Department of Geological Sciences. An even larger number of gems and mineral specimens were donated to the Department in smaller allotments from 1987-2002. Glenn and Martha Vargas assembled their gem and mineral collections over a period of about 60 years beginning in the mid-1930s. For several decades they visited gem localities and gem centers in South America, Mexico, Australia, southeast Asia and Africa to obtain gem rough that they sold to faceters through Glenn’s mail order business.
Although the collection contains many outstanding gems, it is perhaps most notable for the variety of faceted minerals represented, many of which are seldom faceted. GovMint.com: Your One Best Source For Coins Worldwide. New York Mint - home. U.S. Government Issued Gold Coins|American Eagles, Legal Tender.
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