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• 500 carats of rough diamonds donated to Natural History Museum

  17 August 2011

  

   

• Gale Crater to be landing site for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory

  22 July 2011

  

   

• Nakhla meteorite

  29 June 2011

  

   

• Pink tourmaline “Nautilus” pendant enters National Gem Collection

  23 May 2011

  

   

• Smithsonian hydrologist discovers that rainfall has dried up Panama’s drinking water

  17 May 2011

  

   

• Smithsonian Digital Repository Now Contains 10,000 Items

  2 February 2011

  

   

• Prehistoric bird able to yield extreme fighting force with club-like wings

  5 January 2011

  

   

• Ancient megalake discovered beneath Sahara Desert

  10 December 2010

  

   

• National Museum of Natural History acquires gemstones in honor of its 100th anniversary

  3 November 2010

  

   

• Cullinan Blue Diamond Necklace

  30 September 2010

  

   

• Book Review: Planetary Tectonics examines otherworldly landforms

  5 April 2010

  

   

• Smithsonian’s National Gem Collection acquires a yellow fluorite from Tanzania

  21 October 2009

  

   

• With 1844 first edition, Smithsonian Libraries completes its collection of Charles Darwin’s three-volume geology series

  7 October 2009

  

   

• Bombarded with ultraviolet light, the blue Hope diamond glows red

  19 August 2009

  

   

• Andes Mountains Are Older Than Previously Believed

  4 June 2009