MINERALOGY MUSEUM
GEOSITE DESCRIPTION
The Mineralogy Museum is located in the center of the city of Pachuca, it exhibits an outstanding collection of minerals, rocks and fossils from Mexico and the world. It has more than one thousand specimens displayed in 19th century white cedar cases and shelves.
The descriptions are clear and didactic, depicting the formation of minerals and the associated geological processes. It highlights the presence of silver ores from the region, extracted from a renowned deposit with more than four centuries of exploitation.
The furniture appropriate to display the collection of rocks and minerals was ordered in 1893. Master Carpenter Teófilo Moreno was the responsible to carve display cases and shelves out of white cedar.
The predominant rocks in the region vary in composition, from andesites and rhyolites to basalts, all products of Pliocene volcanic activity in the form of spills, flow deposits and debris.
The exhibition includes more than a thousand specimens. The ores are classified into nine families: native, sulfides, sulfosalts, oxides, halogens, carbonates, carbonates, borates, nitrates, sulfates, tungstanates, molybdates, phosphates, arsenates, vanadates, and silicates.
Rocks were classified by their origin: igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic.
LOCATION
HOW TO GET THERE?
It is located on Abasolo street, number 600, Centro; where the main building of the Universidad Autónoma de Hidalgo, is located, the approximate walking time from the Monumental Clock square is 5 minutes.