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

Carbonates, borates and sulfates

Floor map of the Mineralogy Museum

In this room, visitors can find a variety of minerals, gem crystals (such as the Red Sea Peridot), and gemstones (such as rubys, emeralds, and amethysts originally from the French Crown Jewels).

Anglesite

(Display case L29, sample #16767, from Touissit, Oujda-Angad, Morocco).

Chessy Azurite

(Display case K37, sample #2435, from Chessy, Rhône, France)

Malachite

(Display case K38, sample #2459)

Baryte

(Display case L29, sample #5766, from Mowbray Mine, Ennerdal, Cumbria, England)

Bastnaesite

(Display case K39, sample #74126, from Warsak, Pashawar, Pakistan)

Borax

(Display case L26, sample #16108, from Boron, Kern Co., California, USA)

Peridot: fayalite 

(Display case L2, sample #6352, from Zebirguet Island, Red Sea, Egypt)