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• 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