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Musée de Minéralogie Mines Paris - PSL

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Diamond in its kimberlite matrix extracted from the Premier mine in South Africa - Circa 1870 (sample ENSMP 6367). Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Collection of the Mineralogy Museum, Mines Paris - PSL
Rough diamonds Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Collection of the Mineralogy Museum

Rough diamonds, Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Collection of the Mineralogy Museum, Mines Paris - PSL
Tourmaline from Mesa Grande - San Diego (California, USA) (ENSMP 5515). Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Collection du musée de Minéralogie Mines Paris - PSL

Tourmaline from Mesa Grande - San Diego (California, USA) (ENSMP 5515), Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Collection of the Mineralogy Museum, Mines Paris - PSL
Tanzanite from Merelani Hills, Tanzania. Photo Eloïse Gaillou (ENSMP 46088) © Collection du musée de Minéralogie Mines Paris – PSL

Tanzanite from Merelani Hills, Tanzania (ENSMP 46088), Photo Eloïse Gaillou 

© Collection of the Mineralogy Museum, Mines Paris - PSL
Peridot – from Saint John’s island, Red Sea, Egypt (ENSMP 6352). Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum

Peridot – from Saint John’s island, Red Sea, Egypt (ENSMP 6352), Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum
Emerald in black shale, from Muzo, Colombia (ENSMP 6334). Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum

Emerald in black shale, from Muzo, Colombia (ENSMP 6334), Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum
Eight cut emeralds (ranging from 0.854 to 1.339 ct) formerly mounted on the Coronation Crown created by Lemonnier in 1855 (ENSMP 69866). Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum

Eight cut emeralds (ranging from 0.854 to 1.339 ct) formerly mounted on the Coronation Crown created by Lemonnier in 1855 (ENSMP 69866), Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum
Aragonite from Eisenerz, Styria, Austria. (ENSMP 6298). Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Collection of the Mineralogy Museum

Aragonite from Eisenerz, Styria, Austria. (ENSMP 6298), Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Collection of the Mineralogy Museum
Adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (ENSMP 16612). Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum

Adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (ENSMP 16612), Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum
Sulfur – Sicily, Italy (ENSMP 25915). Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum

Sulfur – Sicily, Italy (ENSMP 25915), Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum
Most of the sublime raw crystals displayed in the entrance to the Mineralogy Museum are never used in jewelry. Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Mineralogy Museum

Most of the sublime raw crystals displayed in the entrance to the Mineralogy Museum are never used in jewelry, Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Mineralogy Museum
Mineralogy Museum Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Mineralogy Museum

Mineralogy Museum, Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Mineralogy Museum
Mineralogy Museum Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Mineralogy Museum

Mineralogy Museum, Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Mineralogy Museum
Some minerals from the Adam collection with more than 1500 samples given to the School of Mines Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum

Some minerals from the Adam collection with more than 1500 samples given to the School of Mines, Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum
Some minerals from the Marquis de Drée collection and the famous geologist Dolomieu, entered in the collection in 1845  Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum

Some minerals from the Marquis de Drée collection and the famous geologist Dolomieu, entered in the collection in 1845, Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Collection of the Paris School of Mines Mineralogy Museum
First geological map of France on a scale of 1:500,000, presented to the Academy of Sciences – 1841 Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Mineralogy Museum

First geological map of France on a scale of 1:500,000, presented to the Academy of Sciences – 1841, Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Mineralogy Museum
First geological map of France on a scale of 1:500,000, presented to the Academy of Sciences – 1841 Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Mineralogy Museum

First geological map of France on a scale of 1:500,000, presented to the Academy of Sciences – 1841, Photo Eloïse Gaillou 

© Mineralogy Museum
Display cases dedicated to the gems of the Crown of France. Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Mines Mineralogy Museum

Display cases dedicated to the gems of the Crown of France, Photo Eloïse Gaillou 

© Mines Mineralogy Museum
Display cases dedicated to the gems of the Crown of France. Photo Eloïse Gaillou © Mines Mineralogy Museum

Display cases dedicated to the gems of the Crown of France, Photo Eloïse Gaillou

© Mines Mineralogy Museum
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