WORLD CRYSTAL MUSEUM

What would it take to create the world's most interesting mineral museum? First, we would need spectacular architecture that would present a colossal sculptural view. In the theme of the museum, the building would represent a series of giant crystal shapes. Crystalline architecture can also be seen in the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art (opened in 2006) and the unusual crystalline shape of a mineral museum in France . Our museum building would differ in several respects. While the other museums present fantasy crystal shapes, our World Crystal Museum would be based on the ancient architecture of naturally occurring quartz crystals, which already look like stately castles! These multi-million year old shapes would be blended at ground level with entrances shaped like the Platonic Solids- mathematical constructs underlying all of geometry, architecture and crystallography. Specifically, we would walk through tetrahedral, cubic, octahedral, dodecahedral and icosahedral foyers and halls...

Also known as: The World Crystal Museum

Primary location: Salinas United States