A total treasure for any gem-enthusiast of local specimens, demonstrations of Mother Nature’s force and creative flare!
Crystal Kingdom Museum的点评
点评:For a total gem-geek like myself, Crystal Kingdom was a priceless treasure to find that I could have spent hours in admiring the small but remarkable and unique collection of specimens that have all been locally excavated from long extinct volcanic activities.
Some of the notably most memorable being the Zeolites, or “breathing stones” of which they have a large assortment of Stellerite crystals that are found in only 2 places in the world and we can thank an extremely slow cooling lava flow for these precious beauties.
Crystal Kingdom also hosts amazing specimens of Heulandite and can proudly boast some of the largest and most colourful heulandite crystals in the world, something too easily at risk of being overlooked by the seemingly 'small' collection without all the entertaining bells and whistles. A true treat!
The fossils were amazing too and the gift shop was good value for the items available (white onyx chess set I'm coming back for you!) but personally for me the gems won me over.
I do think to gain maximum benefit from this collection, you'd be best having a genuine interest and some understanding of crystals - or at least a longing to learn. I'm not sure how long little kiddies would be occupied for but this nearly 40 yr old one had a ball!
翻译:对于像我这样的宝石迷来说,水晶王国是无价之宝,我可以花几个小时欣赏这些数量不多但非凡而独特的标本,这些标本都是从早已灭绝的火山活动中挖掘出来的。
其中最令人印象深刻的是沸石,或“呼吸石”,其中有大量的红辉石晶体,世界上只有两个地方有这种晶体,我们要感谢冷却速度极慢的熔岩流,才有这些珍贵的宝石。
水晶王国还拥有令人惊叹的辉石标本,并自豪地拥有世界上最大、最丰富多彩的辉石晶体,而这些晶体很容易被看似“小”的收藏所忽视,因为没有那么多有趣的花哨玩意儿。真正的享受!
化石也很棒,礼品店的商品物有所值(白色玛瑙象棋套装,我会回来找你的!)但就我个人而言,宝石赢得了我的青睐。
我确实认为,要从这个系列中获得最大收益,你最好对水晶有真正的兴趣和一定的了解 - 或者至少渴望学习。我不知道小孩子会玩多久,但这个将近 40 岁的孩子玩得很开心!