Smithsonian Museum of Rocks And Minerals

The Smithsonian Museum of Rocks and Minerals is a fascinating place to visit! Whether you are a serious gemstone collector or just a casual visitor to their Gems & Minerals hall, one cannot fail to to be impressed and awed by the beauty of the specimens on show. The Institue, founded by James Smithson, a chemist & minerologist, contains over 375,000 specimens, including the Star of Asia sapphire and the fabulous purple Hope Diamond, crystal and mineral specimens for collectors and amateurs alike, plus the National Meteorite Collection. The Smithsonian Museum of Rocks and Minerals is a must visit for all the family when in Washington D.C.

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QUARTZ Quartz (Silicon Dioxide) from the family of Silicates is probably the most abundant mineral on the Earth's surface, making up nearly 90% of the Earth's crust. An impure form of Quartz is AGATE, beautifully striped in a huge vaiety of of colours & textures. Agate is often found in nodule form as a result of it having filled cavities in rocks. See some fine examples at Smithsonian Museum of Rocks and Minerals

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