Musee des Cristaux

Name: Musee des Cristaux
Address: 615 All du Recteur Payot Square of Parking St Michel, 74400, Chamonix France, Sallanches, France
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615 All du Recteur Payot Square of Parking St Michel, 74400, Chamonix France

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The Crystal Museum offers you a journey through the mineralogy of the world Redesigned in 2021, the Crystal Museum presents a renewed scenography, dedicated to Alpine mineralogy, from France, Europe and now from around the world! Come and discover collections that are exceptional in terms of their quality, diversity and beauty. The exhibition begins along the Alps with exceptional pieces from the Alps (France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria) and more particularly from the Mont-Blanc massif. It offers one of the most beautiful ensembles of pink-red fluores, smoky quartz, axinites, siderites, epidotes... of international renown. The exhibition continues around the world, starting from French mines and quarries, it takes you to discover the most emblematic pieces from the five continents: azurites from Chessy-les-Mines, aquamarines from Pakistan, Peruvian pyrites, Congolese dioptases and Australian opals…

At a glance

Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes