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Due to illness, our showroom will remain closed today, February 25. You are still welcome to visit o [...]

From December 16, visitors to the foyer of the Mineralogia Museum can admire the exhibition “Alche [...]

In November our showroom will only be open on the following days: Thursday – Sunday Of course, [...]

In September & October showroom will be closed on the following days. Of course, you can still v [...]

We are preparing our new special exhibition. Because of this our showroom will be closed until July [...]

Die International Commission on Geoheritage hat das Nördlinger Ries zum internationalen Geoheritage gewählt. Eine Auszeichnung, die besonderen geologischen Regionen gilt.

Das Nördlinger Ries gilt als eines der besterhaltensten Impaktkrater der Welt. Viele unterschiedliche Impaktstrukturen sind zu sehen.

Hintergrund: am Samstag, 27.01.2024, konnte gegen 17.30 Uhr ein Feuerball in weiten Teilen Zentral-Europas beobachtet werden, ganz besonders in der Region um München.

Möglicherweise hat der Feuerball zu einem Meteoriten-Fall in der Umgebung von Dachau nördlich von München geführt, siehe dazu auch Medien und Presse.

Opening of the exhibition: Thursday, the 24th of July at 19 pm Duration: 24th of July 2025 until 19t [...]

This month, phlogopite was chosen as the mineral of the month. Phlogopite is a mineral belonging to the mica group and is one of the most common minerals in the earth’s crust. Phlogopite usually forms tabular to prismatic crystals. However, platy, scaly or massive mineral aggregates also occur. Phlogopite is most frequently found in magmatic rock. Phlogopite is used in plastics, as a substitute for asbestos, in pigments and for the production of insulating materials in electrical engineering. The name phlogopite is derived from the Greek word Φλογωπός phlogopos. This means ‘fiery-looking’. The name refers to the often translucent, reddish shimmering crystals.