We demurred the local history museum and the national marine aquarium, but Vicki really wanted to see the Crystal Gallery. I figured it was "crystal" as in "Waterford," which we have seen before, twice, in Waterford, but, what they hay, I was just trying to be my usual agreeable self...
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| Turns out the mountains east of here have some major crystals |
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| Outside display of crystal mine |
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| Interior crystal mine tour |
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| Real thing too |
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| World's largest crystal cluster on display |
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| Myself standing for scale |
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| Of course, there were crystal shoppes |
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| And crystal jewelry artisans |
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| But on the whole the gallery was quite interesting, educational |
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| Impressive |
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Despite reminding me of the three trimesters of intro to geology
I barely passed... |
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| Extraterrestrial alien from outer space |
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| There will be a quiz at the end of the post |
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| Fluorite, our favorite |
Great place...don't miss it next time you're in Swakopmund!
2 comments:
Oh, those were really beautiful. Loved the geode. South Arkansas has lots of crystal shops and places to mine them, but nothing like this.
Penelope says she hopes you got something for her in the crystal shop!! :)
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