Earth and Man National Museum
Mineral museum in a converted industrial hall, famed for its giant Brazilian quartz crystals.
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This guide to the Earth and Man National Museum in Sofia follows Ilia Delev, a Bulgarian who left Europe after the Second World War and ended up trading stones and minerals in Brazil. It moves from the quartz fields of Minas Gerais to a museum hall in Paris, and asks what a giant crystal is worth to the man who owns it. Best heard standing close to one of the big quartz crystals in the main hall.
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