Rocks and minerals of «Le Massif Armoricain» OLD
François Le Bail (1903–1979), a geologist, taught natural sciences and physics at a high school in Quimper (Likès, La Salle Foundation). He explored the Armorican Massif from east to west, north to south, in order to study its subsurface geology. A selection of the rocks and minerals he collected is presented here in this exhibition. Most of these specimens can no longer be found in the field today. The national geological nature reserve on the island of Groix (Morbihan) now bears his name.
This room transports you into the Massif Armoricain’s heart. The 500 parts collection reveals the unsuspected variety of the Breton basement.
The History of the Armorican Massif
What Is a Rock?
What is a mineral?
What is a crystal?
What is a chemical element?
The Use of Rocks, Their Minerals, and Chemical Elements
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[1] Sedimentary rocks information panel -
[2] Glass case 1 sample(s) -
[3] Metamorphic rocks information panel -
[4] Mica schists sample(s) -
[5] Glass case 2 sample(s) -
[6] Glass case 3 sample(s) -
[7] Pink granite sample(s) -
[7] Striking crystalline combinations information panel -
[8] Glass-case 4 sample(s) -
[9] The legend of the stones of Coadry information panel -
[10] Glass-case 5 sample(s) -
[13] From the atom to the crystal information panel -
[14] Glass-case 6 sample(s) -
[15] Glass-case 7 sample(s) -
[16] Magmatic rocks information panel -
[18] Glass-case 8 sample(s) -
[19] Glass-case 9 sample(s) -
[20] Glass-case 10 sample(s) -
[21] Glass-case 11 sample(s) -
[22] Glass-case 12 sample(s) -
[23] Mica schists sample(s)