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Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum

Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum

From 1920 until his death in 1980, Ben E. Clement accumulated what has become known as the largest and finest collection of fluorite specimens in the world. The museum is also equipped with other minerals and archeological specimens that he found all around the world.

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