Mineral Collection (page 23)

Quartz box and carved lizard
An ornamental box set with different quartz stones (silicon dioxide) including a large central citrine together with a carved lizard in cat s-eye quartz

Fluorescent group
A group including amber, ruby, ivory, fluorite and opal photographed in ultra violet light. See 179 for the same group in white light

Sulphur crystals partly coated with white granular crystalline calcite from Cianciana, Sicily. Sulphur is an elemental substance and is bright yellow in colour

BERTELLI, Fernando (16th century). Map of Iceland, 1566. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 National de la Marine (Paris Navy museum)

Iron Forge. Washing mineral. Plate 5, section
" Iron Forge. Washing mineral. Plate 5, section 1 for the article " Forges au art de fer" of the Encyclopedia

Trafoi, the three mineral water fountains (i. e. Heilige Dre
Trafoi, the three mineral water fountains (i.e. Heilige Drei Brunnen), Tyrol, Austro-Hungary. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Aix-les-Bains, France - Thermal shower room at the spa Date: circa 1910s

Kislovodsk - Russia
Kislovodsk, Russia - a spa town. (the name means sour waters ) - founded in 1803 as a military station and boasts many mineral springs around the city of Narzan type. Date: 1910

Franco-British Exhibition, London at White City. An exhibit showcasing the stone and mineral products originating from the Australian colonies. Date: 1908

St Anns Well, Malvern. The spring or well is named after St Ann; the maternal grandmother of Christ and the patron saint of many wells

Source L Hopital - Vichy, France - Temperature of the healing waters is 31 degrees. Delivers 2500 litres of water per hour! Date: circa 1910s

Mineral Analyser
The TELSEC portable non- dispersive X-ray mineral analyser offers a fast method of measuring selected elements in ores, soils, slags, etc. Date: November 1970

Elishas Fountain - Palestine
Elishas Fountain - which supplied natural fresh spring water to Jericho and which is mentioned in the Bible in II Kings, chapter ii, 19-22- as " the waters which Elisha healed"

Bad Ems, Germany
Bad Ems - a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on the River Lahn. A well known bathing resort. Date: circa 1930s

Turkey - Hierapolis - Temple ruins
Entrance to the Temple (ruins) at Hierapolis. Pamukkale, meaning " cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site and attraction in south-western Turkey in the Denizli Province

Taking a Hot Sulphur Bath at Baden, Germany Date: 1909

Grand Hotel - Yalova, Turkey Date: circa 1910s

Celik Palace Hotel, Bursa, Turkey - Water Treatments
Celik Palace Hotel, Bursa, Turkey. This Hotel boasts a standard mineral bath from a mountainside source but also a radioactive water source

The Meskoutine Mineral Bath near Guelma
A giant Turpentine tree outside the Thermal baths, covering 420 m (sq) at the Meskoutine Mineral Baths, near Guelma, Algeria

Sitting outside the Meskoutine Mineral Baths
Four Algerians seated amid the Palm trees, with a viaduct bridge in the distance, outside the Meskoutine Mineral Baths, near Guelma, Algeria

Beppu Hot Springs, Japan - the seashore
Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred

Beppu - Sand Baths at the Hot Springs
Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred

Poster advertising San Salvadour, France
Poster advertising San Salvadour, near Hyeres, France, popular for its winter cures for arthritis and its mineral waters

Bad Sauerbrunn, Austria (formerly in Hungary)
Bad Sauerbrunn - a mineral spa and the town in which it is located, in the district of Mattersburg in Burgenland in Austria

Pamukkale - Turkey
Pamukkale, meaning " cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site and attraction in south-western Turkey in the Denizli Province

Mineral Water Factory
The Mineral Water Factory of Herbert Dawe Ltd. of Paignton, Devon, England

Thieves from Isot, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
THE THIEVES FROM ISOT - Invaders from Pluto come to mine Earths mineral resources

Involution / Evolution
The Theosophical doctrine of INVOLUTION and EVOLUTION, whereby man rises from the mineral to the spiritual

Budapest / Hotel Gellert
Budapest: Hotel St Gellert and mineral baths

Mineral Water Bottling
Filling bottles at Niederselters, near Wiesbaden

Undersea Salvager
H W McCauleys project for a supersubmarine capable of exploring for underwater oil and mineral deposits, inspecting wrecks and observing fauna and flora

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