Uralʹskiĭ mineralogicheskiĭ muzeĭ V.A. Pelepenko, Mineralogical museum in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
The Ural Mineralogical Museum houses over 10,000 minerals, semi-precious stones, and bone carvings displayed across its exhibition areas. The collection features specimens from the local Ural region as well as samples from distant locations.
The museum was founded in 1999 by collector Vladimir Pelepenko during a period of growing interest in preserving Ural Mountain minerals. Its creation coincided with a time when private mineral collections gained renewed importance across Russia.
The museum displays minerals that reflect the region's long tradition of mining and stone-cutting crafts. Visitors encounter stones that are part of the Ural's industrial identity.
The museum is housed within the Bolshoi Ural hotel building, making it easily accessible to visitors in the city center. Most display labels are presented in multiple languages to help you understand the collection.
The collection includes minerals from distant regions such as agates from Chukotka and coal from Kazakhstan alongside local Ural specimens. This geographically diverse assembly shows how the collector's interests extended far beyond the home region.
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