Crystal House of Sungai Lembing

The Crystal House at Kampung Sungai Limau,Sungai Lembing
is a collection of about 3,000 pieces of beautiful crystalline stones
collected over a period of 19 years
by an ex-miner Mr Lee Yon from the quarry he works with at Panching
after the closure of the Sg Lembing tin mine.
The quarry had since also closed because the whole limestone hill have already been flatten
but thanks to him we can still see some of the beautiful stones
which onces filled the caves of the hill.

Mr Lee's house where the collection is displayed.



It is open daily from 10am to 6pm
with an entrance fee of rm2 for adult and rm1 for children.


The Quarry where Mr Lee collected the crystalline stones.


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Mr Lee chatting with my brother Anthony.

An old goods trishaw.

A fish pond in the house.

There are two tunnel Mr Lee dug out himself to show how the old mines tunnel

was to visitors,one is already completed and another is still in progress.

The completed tunnel houses a praying altar inside.

Coins left by visitors on the wall of the tunnel maybe for a good wish.

The yet to be completed tunnel

Digging tools by the side.

An old water cooled jackhammer

which was onces used to break tin ore stones in the underground tunnels.

A stone sample from the old mine,this one is mostly copper.

This one is mostly tin ore.

And the crystal collections,some are place in display cupboards to avoid being touch

by our hands which can damage the stones through chemical reactions.

This piece of crystal is so fine.

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