How to find this gallery
- in the Green Zone
- nearest entrance: Cromwell Road
- Museum map PDF (835KB)
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Some of nature's most unique and valuable treasures are on display in the Vault gallery.
See the world's largest collection of coloured diamonds, discover gems that glow in the dark, and marvel at rare meteorites from out of this world.
Star specimens and exhibits
- a crystalised gold nugget from Australia
- one of the biggest and most richly coloured emeralds ever found
- Tissint, the largest Martian meteorite in the Museum's collection
- the infamous cursed amethyst
- a diamond-encrusted snuff box commissioned by Russian Tsar Alexander II
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Earthly and Ethereal: Minerals, Rocks and Gems
Explore the highlights of the geological collections, in an online exhibition.
A collaboration between the Museum and Google Arts & Culture.
Discover minerals and meteorites
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28 April 2017Explore the science behind the Aurora Pyramid of Hope, an unrivalled collection of 296 coloured diamonds.
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SPACE9 May 2016Discover how a giant interstellar cloud known as the solar nebula gave birth to our solar system and everything in it.
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SPACE18 April 2017Dr Caroline Smith sheds light on the secrets this rock holds about the formation of our own planet.
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SPACE7 December 2015Peering into our solar system's origins with light brighter than ten billion suns - discover the work of a planetary scientist.
