A platform for interactive study of rocks and minerals. The project contains information about the museum's collections and exhibits with the ability to explore them in a virtual space
Digitized rock samples, historical and scientific data on the geology, geography, and origin of minerals
Combines a variety of resources and modern multimedia technologies
Actively engaged in educational and outreach work
The multifunctional complex is located in the historic building of the Mining Institute
RHODOCHROSITE
ORPIMENT
SULPHUR
HALKANTIT
COLLECTION MINERALS
Online exhibit with panoramic photos and 3D tour
Excursion
Gallery
Interactive map of mineral extraction
Map
Extensive collection of valuable samples of crystals, minerals, and rocks
INTERESTING FACTS When exposed to sunlight or heat amethyst gradually loses its original coloring and becomes discolored or yellow. When discolored amethyst is exposed to X-rays it can regain its color
HISTORICAL FACTS Ancient people made seals, boxes and bottles of all kinds of shapes from this mineral. It was also used for brooches, pendants, and other such items. Amethyst was also popular in Russia. Here were sure that this mineral brings good luck. In the Middle Ages, amethyst received the status of a church stone
Anhydrite
INTERESTING FACTS When water is added, it increases in volume by about 30% and gradually turns into gypsum
HISTORICAL FACTS In Lombardy (Italy) it has long been used instead of marble. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was popular to carve writing instruments from anhydrite
Barite
INTERESTING FACTS Barite adits are a favorite place for bats to roost. Scientists don't give an answer as to what exactly attracts animals to the odorless stone
HISTORICAL FACTS Barite has been studied since the 17th century. At least, this is indicated by written evidence. The first mentions of the stone date back to 1640
Boulangerite
INTERESTING FACTS Has limited significance as a source of lead and antimony, being one of the components of polymetallic ores
HISTORICAL FACTS Boulangerite was named after the French mining engineer Charles Louis Boulanger (1810-1849)
gypsum
INTERESTING FACTS During World War II (1942) Oscar statuettes were made of plaster. After the war ended, all owners of plaster awards were able to replace them with regular metal ones with gilding
HISTORICAL FACTS The first mention of plaster by Theophrastus 300-325. Origin of the name - From Greek γυψοζ meaning chalk or plaster
Pyrite
INTERESTING FACTS Pyrite was also confused with gold during the Alaskan Gold Rush. It is described in the works of Jack London. It is not by chance that in English-speaking countries, pyrite is called fool's gold.
HISTORICAL FACTS Pyrite was man's first match. The pre-Columbian American cultures and the peoples of the ancient world found practical applications for the metallic luster of pyrite, using it to make mirrors
Quartz
INTERESTING FACTS Used in optical devices, telephone and radio equipment, glass and ceramic industry
HISTORICAL FACTS Quartz was first discovered in the Alps by miners in the Ore Mountains. They found a pure crystal. crystal, they thought it was a form of frozen water and called it "crystal", from the Greek word for ice
Rhodochrosite
INTERESTING FACTS The Incas believed that rhodochrosite was a crystal formed from frozen drops of blood of ancient rulers. In Mongolia, this stone is mined in its pure pink form and is called the "stone of love"
HISTORICAL FACTS The story begins in the 13th century in the mines of America, where rhodochrosite was found. It was extremely popular among Indian tribes. At that time, it was already being used to make jewelry and various crafts
INTERESTING FACTS Antimonite or Antimony is slang for "vomit stone. Antimony enters the body with food and selectively concentrates in the thyroid gland, liver, spleen, kidneys, blood (in red blood cells), and other human soft tissues and organs. Antimony is slowly eliminated from the body
HISTORICAL FACTS Antimony oxide (III) was used in ancient Greece to treat skin diseases, and in the Middle Ages it was used to treat leprosy, syphilis, and heart disease
Wolframite
INTERESTING FACTS The name comes from the German. Wolf Rahm ("wolf cream," "wolf cream"), and is due to the fact that tungsten, accompanying tin ores as part of wolframite, interfered with the smelting of tin, translating it into a foam of slag ("devours tin like a wolf sheep")
HISTORICAL FACTS Wolframite is described in Latin in the 1546 edition of De Natura Fossilium as Lupi Spuma. In 1781 the Swedish chemist C. Scheele discovered a new element (without isolating it in its pure form) in a mineral then called tungsten. The same element (W - tungsten), but already in the form of metal, was isolated in 1783 by Spanish chemists d'Eluyar brothers from wolframite
Hematite
INTERESTING INFORMATION In ancient times, hematite was believed to give strength and invulnerability in battle, help maintain potency and optimism, courage and will, it served as a magical amulet for men, especially for warriors
HISTORICAL FACTS Throughout history, many cultures have used hematite powder as a dye. In ancient Egypt, earthy hematite was used in painting
vernadite
INTERESTING INFORMATION Along with pyrolusite are part of the sedimentary manganese ores, which are the main raw materials for melting ferromanganese, which is used in quality metallurgy
HISTORICAL FACTS It is first noted in 1937 by A.G.Betekhtin under the name "hydrate of manganese dioxide" in cracks of oxidizing bustamite-rodonitic rock at Kusimovskoye Mn- field, South Urals. In 1940, he proposed the name "vernadite" for the mineral
VIRTUAL EXCURSION
A digital twin with an interface based on computer vision and image processing technology
Authenticity
Cross-platform service available on any device: from a phone to a VR headset
Inclusivity
Cloud computing with interactive viewing of 3D models and panoramic images
Immersiveness
In the structure of the organization there are:
scientific library, exposition and exhibition area area 240m2, storeroom storage room 80m2
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The museum's exposition
are represented:
collections on the main mining regions of Russia and neighboring countries (Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia), there is a separate showcase devoted to Antarctica
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Main sections
exposition:
Educational collections on the systematics of crystals, minerals and rocks; minerals and rocks of the former USSR regions; articles of decorative stone and synthetic minerals