Collections

• Our collections
  • Systematic collection
  • Gem and meteorite collections
  • Type collection
• History
• Virtual Visit
  • Main Stairs
  • Room A: Exceptional minerals
  • Room B: Haüy room
  • Room G: Native elements
  • Room I: Sulfides, halides, oxides
  • Room J: Fischesser room
  • Room K: Carbonates, oxides
  • Room L: Carbonates, borates, sulfates
  • Room M: Sulfates
  • Room N: Phosphates, arsenates, vanadates
  • Room O: Silicates
• Panoramic Views
• Exhibits
  • Gems from the Crown Jewels
  • Meteorites
    • Canyon Diablo Meteorite
    • Martian Meteorites
    • Lunar meteorites

Native elements

Floor map of the Mineralogy Museum

Silver hair

(Display case H24, sample #73162, from Imiter, Ouarzazate, Morocco)

Dendritic silver

(Display case H23, sample #16317, from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico)

Diamond on its kimberlitic host rock

(Display case H27, sample #5568, from Kimberley, South Africa)

Twinned diamond (macle)

(Display case H27, sample #16013 from South Africa)

Mercury

(Display case H25, sample #11127, from Almaden, Ciudad Real, Spain)

Dendritic gold

(Display case H24, sample #46084, from Hope's Nose, Devonshire, England, UK)

Native sulfur

(Display case H27, sample #54079, from Italy)

Native sulfur

(Display case H27, sample #11124, from Cafabri, Marches, Italy)