Precious Minerals

 

Desert Rose (Morocco)

Sahara Gypsum Sand Rose

Rose Quartz polished refined

Rose Quartz natural untreated

Pyrite 

also called "Cat´s Gold"

Specimen Donation from Lilo Hess Stoneshop, Limburg

Pyrite (Colombia)

Agate ( Idar-Oberstein / Germany)

Synthetic Citrin ( Idar-Oberstein / Germany )

Lahore - Salt

Himalaya Rock Salt (Punjab / Pakistan)

The sample specimen was acquired in an asian food store in Frankfurt in 2017

The second image displays the amazing hygroscopic capacity of the salt to absorb air humidity in it´s body. It shows the water amount released over one night from the salt block, what documents also the unnatural high air humidity inside the CID Institute Museum saloons.

See also : CID Museum Hall ETHNOMEDICINE