Rocks & Minerals

The Natural History Museum's Minerals gallery, with its original oak display cabinets, looks exactly as it did in 1881.  The collection is comprised of approximately 500,000 rocks, gems & minerals, including 5,000 meteorites.

The Natural History Museum, South Kensington

The world's largest faceted blue topaz.  9,381 carats.

The Minerals Gallery

Beryl gemstone. 898 carats. Russia, 1868.

In the gift shop.

South Kensington tube tunnel busker.

Westminster Cathedral tower from
 Cardinal Place, Victoria