If you love sparkling color and unusual textures, then you will love looking at the mineral and fossil collections of Lamar Dodd and Richard Mallory. Lamar Dodd, a well-known Georgia artist who grew up in the area, loved to use minerals and fossils he collected as inspiration for his paintings, and the items in the collection clearly reveal his discerning eye.
Richard Mallory, a long-time resident of LaGrange and prominent civic leader, donated his mineral and fossil collection to LaGrange College in the late 1970s and early 1980s in memory of his mother, Cecile Moore Mallory, class of 1911. Although he intended that it be used for educational purposes, the beauty and exuberance of color and shape cannot be discounted as an important ingredient in the overall appreciation of these items. The pièces de résistance are the two immense amethyst geodes mined from Brazil.
These collections, including the stunning geodes, are now on display on the main floor of the Lewis Library. Take a look to see what Nature can conjure inside what may appear to be a commonplace looking object and discover why you can’t always judge a book by its cover.
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