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PROVO, Utah (AP) -- A Utah man has donated 25,000 fossils to the Lehi Hutchings Museum.
Lloyd Gunther's gift is valued at more than one-half (M)million dollars.
But it's just a fraction of the collection of fossils and minerals he's amassed through the 80 years of his life.
The retired wildlife manager says he's has collection specimens everywhere he's traveled.
His full collection is valued at more than three-(M)million dollars. Much of it is housed at Utah State University. Other pieces are in the Smithsonian, Yale University, the University of Utah, and others.
Gunther's donation is the largest the Lehi museum has received since it opened in 1955.
The specimens include crinoids, trilobites, nantiloids, petrified wood, othoceras and ammonites, and minerals.
He's working on catloging the items now. The new exhibit is expected to open in April.
Information from: The Daily Herald,
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