Mineralogical Museum of Laurion
- Written byMaria-Niki Koutsoukou
- Published in Science & Nature
- Read 5084 times
- Comments:
The Society of Studies of the Lavrion Region founded the Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion, with the aim of highlighting one of the most important aspects of the region's natural wealth. The Museum is dedicated to the memory of A. Kordellas (1836-1909), the major contributor to the revival of modern-day Lavrion. The Lavrion area is one of the most favoured sites in the world from the point of view of its variety of minerals, and samples of its minerals are displayed in the greatest Natural History Museums.
https://www.athens-museums.com/guide/science-nature/236-mineralogical-museum-of-laurion?tmpl=component&print=1#sigProGalleria67deb55e39
The Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion is housed in a small but noteworthy example of the industrial architecture of the 19th century (1873), in the remains of the important metal-washing plant of the Greek Society. In the Museum's showcases are exhibited approximately 700 samples of 115 different kinds of minerals, classified according to the norms of mineralogical science (DANA 1850), into the following categories: sulphides, sulphates, native elements, halogens, limes, oxides-hydroxides, arsenides, vanadiums. All the exhibits are in crystal form.
Some of the exhibits are exceedingly rare (annabergites, serpierites, spangolites, laventulanites, etc.), while others are particularly beautiful specimens (azurite, adamsite, smithsonite, etc.). There are also rare specimens of the famous "slag minerals".
In addition to the minerals exhibited, one can also see objects related to the extraction and refining of ores (lead ingots, slag cones, lead monoxides, types of lead and slag, digging implements and lamps, apparatus used for the transportation of ores, A. Kordellas walking stick, etc.). [Source gtp.gr]
- Address: Agias Paraskevis & Dimarchou Anastasiou Glantzi, 19500 Lavrio
- Admission: 2€
- Phone: (+30) 22920 25295, 22920 26270, 22920 27837