Museo di mineralogia «Leonardo De Prunner»
University museum in Cagliari with thousands of minerals, rocks and fossils, mostly from Sardinia, including the Della Marmora and Mendel collections.
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About the museum
The museum belongs to the University of Cagliari and is housed in Via Trentino, in the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences. It is dedicated to Leonardo De Prunner and holds thousands of mineralogical, geological and palaeontological finds, mainly from Sardinia but also from other parts of the world.
Much of the collection is displayed in the cupboards of the department’s corridors, while other material is kept in drawer cabinets awaiting transfer to suitable display cases. The material kept is predominantly Sardinian.
Among the minerals of the De Prunner collection are argentites and native silver from the Sarrabus, and cerussites, anglesites and phosgenites from Montevecchio, Monteponi and Villaputzu. The museum also holds a collection of Sardinian rocks by Alberto Della Marmora, with the atlases that accompany his work “Voyage en Sardaigne”, and an interesting collection of diamonds and platinum nuggets donated in 1866 by G. Mendel.
Highlights
- Argentites and native silver from the Sarrabus
- Cerussites, anglesites and phosgenites from Montevecchio, Monteponi and Villaputzu
- Collection of Sardinian rocks by Alberto Della Marmora
- Atlases of the “Voyage en Sardaigne”
- Diamonds and platinum nuggets donated in 1866 by G. Mendel
Permanent exhibition
- Collezioni mineralogiche, geologiche e paleontologiche – Minerals and rocks, mostly from Sardinia, in the cupboards and drawer cabinets of the department, with the De Prunner, Della Marmora and Mendel collections.
- Operated by
- Università degli Studi di Cagliari – Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche
- Visitors per year
- approx. 818
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission.
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Getting there & parking
The museum is at Via Trentino 51 in Cagliari, at the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Visits take place by appointment at the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences. |
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