The MSA has had a mineral collection from its beginning, and MSA 1964 President Bob Jones recalls a hurried journey to Bisbee in the late 1960's with group of MSA members to accept a donation of what has become the core of the MSA collection. 

MSA Mineral Collection Slideshow at bottom of page photos by Jeff Scovil and Chris Whitney-Smith. 

AZURITE on MALACHITE, 26cm, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA; Mineralogical Society of Arizona Collection, Jeff Scovil Photo.

CHALCEDONY on CALCITE GEODE (Fluorescent)   17cm, Potts Canyon, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA; Mineralogical Society of Arizona Collection, Jeff Scovil Photos.

Key Arizona specimens of the MSA collection were featured in Mineral Collections in Arizona-I (May-June 2013) and Mineral Collections in Arizona-II (January-February 2020) supplement issues of The Mineralogical Record.