Museo del minerale di Campiglia Marittima
Mineralogical museum in the Palazzo Pretorio of Campiglia Marittima, with minerals from local deposits, from Italy and from abroad.
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About the museum
The Museo del Minerale di Campiglia Marittima is housed in the Palazzo Pretorio, in the historic centre of the village. It opened in 1968 thanks to a group of citizens passionate about minerals and mining culture, who founded the Circolo Mineralogico Toscano, the first group of its kind in Italy.
The permanent exhibition mainly presents minerals extracted during the exploitation of the rich local deposits, but also specimens from the Costa degli Etruschi, such as ilvaite. Over the years the collection has grown to include specimens from other Italian regions, from North and South Africa and from South America, such as pyrite from Peru.
The museum also holds a small fragment of an asteroid in its underground floor.
Highlights
- Minerals from the Campiglia Marittima deposits
- Ilvaite and specimens from the Costa degli Etruschi
- Specimens from other Italian regions, Africa and South America
- Pyrite from Peru
- Small fragment of an asteroid
Permanent exhibition
- Collezione mineralogica permanente – Minerals from the local deposits, the Costa degli Etruschi, other Italian regions, and Africa and South America.
- Founded
- 1968
- Operated by
- Circolo Mineralogico Toscano
- Visitors per year
- approx. 3,500
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