The Museum holds a vast collection of rocks, minerals, meteorites and ores.
Explore 500,000 rocks, gems and minerals, including 5,000 meteorites.
Find out how you can use the mineralogy collections as a resource for economic geology and scientific research.
Looking for a specimen?
The mineralogy collection is being digitised
Mineralogy collections
Accessing the collections
Scientists and collections management specialists can visit the collections and borrow specimens for research.
Collections management
Our duty is to provide a safe and secure environment for all of our collections.
Collections on the move
We have set out on an ambitious programme to develop a new science and digitisation centre. As we prepare for the move, access to some collections will be affected.
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