Musée de minéralogie

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The Musée de minéralogie is a museum in Strasbourg in the Bas-Rhin department of France. It belongs to the University of Strasbourg, and displays historical collections of minerals. The museum was founded in 1890.
The origin of the mineral collection is the work of a professor of medicine from Strasbourg, Johann Hermann, who had set up a cabinet of curiosities in the 18th century. The museum is home to over 30,000 mineral samples. Gems and stones from France, Germany, the former Soviet Union , Romania and USA are exhibited. The collections include a cast of the largest single piece of gold ever found .
Also of special interest is the "box with fluorescent stones", with minerals illuminated by ultra-violet rays.

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Alsace, France

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