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A portion of the comprehensive Zois Collection at the Slovenian Museum of
Natural History. Photo: Miha Jeršek.
PRECIOUS
MINERAL COLLECTION
Zois managed to assemble a comprehensi-
The collection includes a 1.2 kg piece of amber that is the biggest single piece of
amber not only in Slovenia but in the broader region as well.
Photo: Miha Jeršek.
ve collection of minerals, which is kept by the
Natural History Museum and represents the
foremost culturally and historically significant
mineral collection in Slovenia. It includes not
only minerals but also ores, fossils, and rocks, as
well as a 1.2 kg piece of amber that is the biggest
single piece of amber not only in Slovenia but in
the broader region as well.
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