Collezione di Mineralogia "Museo Luigi Bombicci"
| Title | Collezione di Mineralogia "Museo Luigi Bombicci" |
|---|---|
| Institution | Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geologico — Ambientali, Università di Bologna |
| Description | Exhibits are arranged in the following manner: systematic mineralogical collection, Italian regional collection, mineralogical and petrographic collection of the Bologna area, systematic petrographic collection, architect Sarti collection of ancient and modern dimension stones, meteorites, ambers. Significant minor galleries include fluorescent minerals, ancient optical instruments, prehistoric stone tools. |
| Mineral display arrangement | Systematic,Regional,Other |
| Items of specific note | Sulphur specimens from Romagna, Marche, and Sicily; large crystals of gypsum and skeletal quartz from the Bologna Apennines; historical specimens of Bologna Stone [a nodular variety of baryte, recognized as history's first persistent luminescent material]; Sicilian ambers (simetites); Renazzo meteorite. |
| Total number of earth science specimens | 50,000 total. 10,000 on display. |
| Museum Address | 1 Piazza di Porta S. Donato Bologna Emilia-Romagna Italy |
| Mindat Locality region | Bologna, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
