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

The Haüy Room

Floor map of the Mineralogy Museum

The Haüy room (Room B) offers visitors some exceptional minerals to look at, including the large rough diamond on its kimberlite host (#6367) and the plate covered in quartz crystals from la Gardette Mine, France (#6369). Around the room, educational display cases explain the sciences of mineralogy and crystallography.In particular, the display cases outline the discovery and development of crystallography by the french mineralogist Hauy, as well as the different characteristics used to identify minerals. 

Dendritic silver

(Display case B3, sample #63958 from Pola, Schwarzenberg, Saxe, Germany)

Diamond in its kimberlite

(Display case B7, sample #6367, from the Premiere Mine, Kimberley, South Africa)

Coming soon

La Gardette Quartz

(Display case B7, sample #6369, from La Gardette, Villard-notre-Dame, Isère, France)